Distress call alternation in peking ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos)

Gaioni, Stephen J.

doi:10.1016/s0003-3472(82)80150-4

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“…This alternation of response pattern has recently been documented more thoroughly (Gaioni, 1982;Gaioni &Platte, 1982).…”

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confidence: 73%

“…If a duckling were reared with multiple imprinting stimuli and then was tested by the removal of various numbers of stimuli, we would be measuring the distress calls of a single bird. Since ducklings do not distress call independently of one another (Gaioni, 1982;Gaioni & Platte, 1982), one cannot equate these two measures simply by dividing the number of calls given by a subgroup by the number of birds in that subgroup. A possible solution to this problem is to rear birds in large groups and then to test them individually by placing them with smaller-sized groups of companion birds.…”

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Distress calling induced by reductions in group size in ducklings reared with conspecifics or imprinting stimuli

Gaioni

Ross

1982

Animal Learning & Behavior

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Peking ducklings were reared for 1-2weeks with either 9 or 12 companions, which were either conspecifics or imprinting stimuli (blocks of foam rubber). They were then tested for their tendency to distress call as the number of companions was reduced systematically. Consistent with prior research, ducklings reared with conspecifics modulated their distress calling as a function of both the number of companions with which they were reared and the number of companions with which they were tested. In contrast, ducklings reared with moving imprinting stimuli gave few if any distress calls, regardless of the number of stimuli with which they were reared or tested, as long as at least one imprinting stimulus was present. The difference in responding did not reflect just a lack of attachment to the imprinting stimuli, since when all stimuli were removed these ducklings gave as many distress calls as the ducklings that had all their conspecifics removed. Finally, ducklings reared with stationary imprinting stimuli displayed an erratic pattern of distress calling when the number of test stimuli was manipulated. These latter ducklings appeared to be less strongly imprinted than the ducklings reared with either conspecifics or moving imprinting stimuli. Implications for understanding duckling perception of brood size and the nature of sibling vs. filial imprinting are examined. Lorenz's (1935) pioneering work on the development of social attachments in young birds (imprinting) marked the beginning of an extensive research effort that continues to the present time. This research has focused largely on filial and sexual imprinting, that is, the processes by which a young bird learns the features of its mother and the species with which it will subsequently mate, respectively (

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“…This alternation of response pattern has recently been documented more thoroughly (Gaioni, 1982;Gaioni &Platte, 1982).…”

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confidence: 73%

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Distress calling induced by reductions in group size in ducklings reared with conspecifics or imprinting stimuli

Gaioni

Ross

1982

Animal Learning & Behavior

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“…The maintenance of contact hypothesis may apply if the nestlings' calls are directed jointly at their parents. Antiphonal calling among two or more individuals may make them easier for another party to locate, either separately or as a group-for instance, antiphonal calling among male treefrogs appears to aid in their localization by females (Arak, 1983;Forester & Harrison, 1987;Littlejohn & Martin, 1969), and alternation of distress calls by ducklings may aid in maternal retrieval of young (Gaioni, 1982;Gaioni & Evans, 1986). Still, it seems unlikely that starling parents would need auditory cues to locate their nestlings.…”

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“…The expected call overlap, under the assumption of independent calling by each bird in a pair, was obtained by multiplying the percentages of the total sequence during which each member of the pair had called. (Table 1 gives the observediexpected call overlap for each sequence, the alternation ratios of Gaioni, 1982, andLamprecht, 1985. ) Chi-square values were computed separately for each sequence, and then combined to obtain a total value for each type of exchange.…”

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The ontogeny of antiphonal calling in European starlings

Chaiken¹

1990

Developmental Psychobiology

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The ontogeny of antiphonal calling was studied in free-living European starlings. Nestlings participate in three types of vocal exchanges: (1) Broodmates exchange calls while the parents are away; (2) parents and nestlings exchange calls during feeding; (3) nestlings exchange calls with parents approaching from a distance. Analysis of the temporal patterning of vocal interactions revealed call alternation and avoidance of acoustic overlap in exchanges of the first and third types. The antiphonal exchanges between parents and young develop shortly before fledgling and appear to help family groups maintain contact after the young have left the nest. Early antiphonal exchanges between broodmates are as smooth as later ones between parents and chicks, suggesting that chicks quickly attain proficiency at antiphonal interactions and do not rely on an adult partner to maintain the pattern. There are parallels with the development of vocal turn-taking in human infants.

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“…The preselection of good trackers is a routine procedure in subsequent papers using the above methods (Thorson et al 1982;Huber et al 1984;Doherty 1985a, b;Weber and Thorson (1988). Gaioni (1982) asked how natural a distress call had to be to elicit call alternation in Peking ducklings. Clicking sounds and pure tones did not release the behaviour.…”

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Importance of pause between spider courtship vibrations and general problems using synthetic stimuli in behavioural studies

1993

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Abstract. Effectiveness of natural stimuli (recorded and replayed male vibratory courtship signals) in eliciting a female's vibratory response was compared with that of synthetic stimuli in a plant-dwelling spider (Cupiennius salei). Specifically, the role of interseries (pauses between consecutive male series) was evaluated. Effectiveness was assessed by the number of responding females and the number of responses per female per stimulus. In case of both synthetic and natural stimuli, effectiveness increases with increasing duration of interseries in both measures. Interseries are thus represented in the female's innate releasing mechanism. However, synthetic stimuli are less effective (about 55%) than natural stimuli (set 100%). With decreasing interseries, the number of female responses per unit time sharply increases in case of playback of natural stimuli, but only slightly in case of synthetic stimuli. Since males courting on plants decrease interseries as soon as a female responds, thus facilitating their orientation, the data obtained with natural stimuli much better fit natural male courtship behaviour. This finding brings into question the validity of the synthetic stimulus. In the bioacoustics literature there is neither consensus on the effectiveness of a synthetic stimulus necessary to qualify it for behavioural analysis nor on how to measure effectiveness. We propose three measures: the percentage of responding animals, the action pattern of the response and the number of responses. It may be crucial, particularly when addressing evolutionary questions, to use either natural stimuli or synthetic stimuli (nearly) as effective as natural stimuli to avoid biased sampling of experimental animals and results difficult to interpret in biological terms.

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Distress call alternation in peking ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos)

Cited by 21 publications

References 29 publications

Distress calling induced by reductions in group size in ducklings reared with conspecifics or imprinting stimuli

Distress calling induced by reductions in group size in ducklings reared with conspecifics or imprinting stimuli

The ontogeny of antiphonal calling in European starlings

Importance of pause between spider courtship vibrations and general problems using synthetic stimuli in behavioural studies

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