Flock-mate familiarity affects note composition of chickadee calls

Coppinger, Brittany A.; Davis, Jordon E.; Freeberg, Todd M.

doi:10.1007/s10211-019-00308-8

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“…Each experimental flock was captured from a single feeding station on the same day and within a 2-h time period to help ensure we were capturing birds from the same natural flock. This is an important consideration as, at least for Carolina chickadees, individuals that are familiar with one another behave differently than individuals unfamiliar with one another [33,34]. There were 49 Carolina chickadees and 51 tufted titmice in this study, a subset of the total number of birds tested in Coppinger et al .…”

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Mixed-species flock composition matters: interspecific influences on finding novel food in North American parids

Freeberg

Coppinger

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2023

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Individuals of a wide range of species are sensitive to the presence of other species, and can often benefit from associations with other species in mixed-species groups (MSGs) through food-finding or avoiding predation. In an earlier field study, we found that both Carolina chickadees, Poecile carolinensis, and tufted titmice, Baeolphus bicolor , were better able to solve a novel feeder task when their MSGs were more diverse in terms of species composition. Like most studies of MSGs, however, that earlier study did not experimentally manipulate MSG size and composition. We did that manipulation here, providing experimental flocks of chickadees and titmice with three novel feeder tasks in semi-natural aviary environments. We found that successful titmouse flocks generally had a higher proportion of titmice in them, going against the findings of our earlier field study. Conversely, successful chickadee flocks solved one of the novel feeder tasks more quickly with a higher proportion of titmice in them, corroborating the findings of our earlier field study. We now need to assess socio-ecological influences on MSG size and composition, and how those relate to individual behaviour. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Mixed-species groups and aggregations: shaping ecological and behavioural patterns and processes’.

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Mixed-species flock composition matters: interspecific influences on finding novel food in North American parids

Freeberg

Coppinger

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2023

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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“…For example, recognition of individuals can promote group cohesion and selection of preferred social partners (Nowicki 1983, Aubin and Jouventin 1998, Hopp et al 2001, Clark et al 2006, Tibbetts and Dale 2007, Buhrman-Deever et al 2008; Chaine et al 2018). Familiarity may impact the production of or response to an alarm or mobbing calls (Kern and Radford 2016, Coppinger et al 2018, Coppinger et al 2019). Repeated interactions between individuals can also promote reciprocity of cooperative behaviors such as anti-predator defense (Grabowska-Zhang et al 2012a, Krama et al 2012, Massen et al 2015, Asakawa-Hass et al 2016).…”

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Studying individual-level interactions can transform our understanding of avian mixed-species flocks

2023

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Avian mixed-species flocks are ubiquitous across habitats and a model for studying how heterospecific sociality influences the behavior and composition of animal communities. Here, we review the literature on mixed-species flocks and argue that a renewed focus on individual-level interactions among flock members can transform our understanding of this iconic, avian social system. Specifically, we suggest that an individual perspective will further our understanding of (1) how inter- and intraspecific variation in flock participation links to fitness costs and benefits, (2) the implications of familiarity between individuals in structuring mixed-species flock communities, and (3) how social roles within mixed-species flocks are related to social behavior within and across species. We summarize studies that use an individual perspective in each of these areas and discuss knowledge from conspecific social behavior to posit more broadly how individuals may shape mixed-species flocks. We encourage research approaches that incorporate individual variation in traits, relationships, and social roles in their assessment of mixed-species flocking dynamics. We propose that the analysis of individual variation in behavior will be particularly important for explicitly identifying fitness outcomes that led to the evolution of mixed-species flocks, which in turn affect community structure and resilience.

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Experimental manipulation of mixed-species flocks reveals heterospecific audience effects on calling

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Flock-mate familiarity affects note composition of chickadee calls

Cited by 5 publications

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Mixed-species flock composition matters: interspecific influences on finding novel food in North American parids

Mixed-species flock composition matters: interspecific influences on finding novel food in North American parids

Studying individual-level interactions can transform our understanding of avian mixed-species flocks

Experimental manipulation of mixed-species flocks reveals heterospecific audience effects on calling

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