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      How a simple and stereotyped acoustic signal transmits individual information: the song of the White-browed Warbler Basileuterus leucoblepharus

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          The White-browed Warbler Basileuterus leucoblepharus, a common bird of the BrazilianAtlantic forest, emits only one distinct song type in the context of territorial defense. Individual or neighbor-stranger recognition may be more difficult when birds share similar songs. In fact, the analysis of songs of different individuals reveals slight differences in the temporal and the frequency domains. Effectively, a careful examination of the signals of different individuals (21) by 5 complementary methods of analysis reveals first, that one or two gaps in frequency occur between two successive notes at different moments of the song, and second, that their temporal and frequency positions are stereotyped for each individual. Playback experiments confirm these findings. By propagation experiments, we show that this individual information can be only transmitted at short range (< 100 m) in the forest. In regard to the size and the repartition of territories, this communication process appears efficient and adaptive.

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          O Pula-pula-assobiador Basileuterus leucoblepharus, um pássaro comum da Mata Atlântica, emite um único e distintivo tipo de canto para defesa territorial. O reconhecimento individual ou entre vizinho e estranho pode ser mais difícil quando as aves compartilham cantos semelhantes. De fato, a análise dos cantos de diferentes indivíduos revelou ligeiras diferenças nos domínios temporal e das freqüências. Efetivamente, um exame cuidadoso dos sinais de 21 indivíduos diferentes por 5 métodos complementares de análise revelou que, primeiro, um ou dois espaços na série tonal ocorrem entre duas notas sucessivas em determinados momentos do canto e, segundo, ocupam posições em tempo e freqüência estereotipadas para cada indivíduo. Experiências de "play-back" confirmam esses dados. Através de experiências de propagação, mostramos que esta informação individual pode ser transmitida somente a curta distância ( < 100 m) na mata. Considerando o tamanho e a repartição dos territórios, este processo de comunicação mostra-se eficiente e bem adaptado.

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                Journal
                aabc
                Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
                An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.
                Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil )
                0001-3765
                1678-2690
                June 2004
                : 76
                : 2
                : 335-344
                Affiliations
                [01] Orsay orgnameUniversité Paris-Sud orgdiv1Equipe Communications Acoustiques France
                [02] Belém PA orgnameUniversidade Federal do Pará orgdiv1Centro de Ciências Biológicas Brasil
                [03] Campinas SP orgnameUniversidade Estadual de Campinas orgdiv1Instituto de Biologia orgdiv2Laboratório de Bioacústica Brasil
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                S0001-37652004000200022 S0001-3765(04)07600222
                10.1590/S0001-37652004000200022
                eaf90e6b-09b1-4d94-a4f2-f8e6738d27d9

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 05 February 2004
                : 15 January 2004
                Page count
                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 26, Pages: 10
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                SciELO Brazil

                Categories
                Biological Sciences

                individual information,floresta tropical,informação individual,comunicação acústica em aves,tropical forest,bird acoustic communication

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