Does the Song of the Wren<i>Troglodytes troglodytes</i>Change with Different Environmental Sounds?

Colino-Rabanal, Víctor J.; Mendes, Solange; Peris, Salvador J.; Pescador, Moisés

doi:10.3161/00016454ao2016.51.1.002

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“…It not only affects human health [17] but also shapes animal acoustic communication [18]. Studies report changes in vocalizations in various animal taxa due to exposure to anthropogenic noise [e.g., 19, 20] and show acoustic signal variation between populations of the same species occupying urban and nonurban habitats [e.g., 21, 22].…”

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Habitat-related differences in song structure and complexity in a songbird with a large repertoire

Deoniziak

Osiejuk

2019

BMC Ecol

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Background Urbanisation has been shown to influence many aspects of animal vocal communication. Much attention has been paid to anthropogenic noise, which is often described as one of the most challenging disturbances for urban dwellers. While a large body of literature describes associations between vocal behavior of avian populations and background noise level, most of these studies were conducted on species with relatively simple songs and small repertoire sizes. This study focuses on the song thrush, Turdus philomelos, a common Eurasian songbird with a complex singing style and large syllable repertoire. Our objective was to determine whether frequency, repertoire and temporal organisation of song parameters vary between birds inhabiting urban and adjacent forest habitats in which ambient noise levels differ. Results Songs of urban males were found to be more complex than in conspecifics from natural forest populations. Urban dwellers possessed greater syllable repertoires and repeated syllable sequences more often. In addition, they used a smaller proportion of whistles and a higher proportion of twitter syllables when singing compared to the nonurban males. Moreover, we found significant differences in the minimum and peak frequency of the whistle syllable between studied populations. Conclusions These findings may be an example of adaptation of acoustic communication in noisy urban environments, but we also discuss other possible explanations. We emphasize the need for further investigation into the relationships between birdsong and habitat characteristics, male quality, population density and ambient noise level in populations occupying urban and nonurban habitats.

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Habitat-related differences in song structure and complexity in a songbird with a large repertoire

Deoniziak

Osiejuk

2019

BMC Ecol

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“…Certain species, in our case the European gold nch, the barn swallow and the house martin may prefer the intermediate characteristics of periurban environments. Other studies also found species that had their higher distribution in middle noise levels (Mendes et al 2010;Colino-Rabanal et al 2016). Peris & Pescador (2004) obtained signi cant results for three of their species, whose higher abundance was in a middle noise level.…”

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Effect of acoustic pollution on urban bird diversity and abundance in centre of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain)

Batuecas

Pescador

2022

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In an increasingly urbanized world, biodiversity, and more specifically avifauna localised in urbanized ecosystems face several threats. Among them, acoustic pollution has proven to be one of the most important, as it affects the effectiveness and efficiency of acoustic communication. Especially sensitive species are even disappearing due to noise masking. We have studied the effect that noise has on bird distribution in areas with differing levels of urbanization in the central region of the Iberian Peninsula. We analysed how richness, frequency and abundance of species varied along three acoustic pollution levels (high, middle and low). Richness decreased in areas with high acoustic pollution. We identified less sensitive to noise species, which showed no changes in frequency and abundance between environments (such as the house sparrow, the white wagtail and the European robin) or that even increased its abundance in environments with high levels of noise (such as the blackbird, the Eurasian tree sparrow and the coal tit). The more sensitive ones, such as the common linnet, the mistle thrush and the European greenfinch, decreased their distribution when noise increased. Identifying the sensitivity (how it is affected) of urban bird species to acoustic pollution is vital for effective conservation management measures and for the sustainable planning and management of cities.

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“…The results of our work conducted in urban areas can be the basis for comparisons with pheasant populations inhabiting agricultural areas. An increasing number of studies indicate changes in vocalizations of different animal species as a result of exposure to anthropogenic noise and show differentiation of acoustic signals between populations of the same species in urban and non-urban habitats (Sun & Narins 2005, Dowling et al 2011, Lampe et al 2012, Colino-Rabanal et al 2016.…”

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Analysis of the territorial vocalization ritual of the common pheasant Phasianus colchicus

Czyżowski

Karpiński

Beeger

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Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung.

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The aim of the study was to analyze the ritual of territorial vocalization of pheasant cocks. The research aim was to determine whether the duration of the ritual of the territorial vocalization of pheasant cocks depends on the season of the year or whether it is an individual feature. The work was performed based on the analysis of film recordings of 7 male pheasants recorded in the Bystrzyca Valley in Lublin (Poland). Several-minute recordings were made from April 19 to June 27, 2018 in the morning (around 6: 00-8: 00). The characteristic for the species ritual vocalization were divided into four phases. The study concluded that the average duration of individual phases of ritual vocalization in individual birds varies and is an individual value. The number flaps of the wings before and after the vocalization varies depending on the cock and is bird-specific, and depends to a small extent on the month of observation.

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Does the Song of the WrenTroglodytes troglodytesChange with Different Environmental Sounds?

Cited by 7 publications

References 48 publications

Habitat-related differences in song structure and complexity in a songbird with a large repertoire

Habitat-related differences in song structure and complexity in a songbird with a large repertoire

Effect of acoustic pollution on urban bird diversity and abundance in centre of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain)

Analysis of the territorial vocalization ritual of the common pheasant Phasianus colchicus

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