The song of the Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus with special reference to singing behaviour in agonistic situations
The song of the Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus with special reference to singing behaviour in agonistic situations
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柳莺 Phylloscopus trochilus 的歌曲,特别提到了在竞争情况下的歌唱行为
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1980
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S. Jakobsson
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作者:
Torbjorn Jirvi;Tommy Radesiiter;S. Jakobsson
During territorial combats the songs of the Willow Warbler male change in a number of parameters from "spontaneous" singing heard in undisturbed situations. The song become shorter, muter and somewhat lower pitched. There is also heard a special type of song (the A-song) which is characterized by the introduction of a special syllable type in the beginning of each song. Although there is a considerable interindividual variation between songs recorded both in undisturbed and agonistic situations the A-song is shared between all studied territorial males (n = 6). There is also a close temporal connection between A-song and overt attack behaviour from the singer indicating that A-song transmit a message of an increased likelihood that the singer will attack his opponent. During a series of play-back trials when territorial males were exposed either to recordings of 'spontaneous" song types or A-songs there was a marked tendency to approach the speaker as a response to spontaneous songs while A-songs instead evoked tendencies to withdraw. Thus, a test male responds to A-song and other song types in a manner which indicates that the message of an increased likelihood of an attack, following the former has been received.