ROLE OF GENDER, SEASON, AND FAMILIARITY IN DISCRIMINATION OF CONSPECIFIC SONG BY ZEBRA FINCHES (TAENIOPYGIA-GUTTATA)
ROLE OF GENDER, SEASON, AND FAMILIARITY IN DISCRIMINATION OF CONSPECIFIC SONG BY ZEBRA FINCHES (TAENIOPYGIA-GUTTATA)
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DOI：
10.1073/pnas.89.4.1368
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发表时间：
1992-02-15
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
NOTTEBOHM, F
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作者：
CYNX, J;NOTTEBOHM, F
操作条件反射技术被用来评估性别和歌曲熟悉度如何影响成年斑胸草雀（Taeniopygia guttata）的歌曲辨别。二十五名男性和女性，分为五个队列，接受培训，以区分同种歌曲在不同的时间。男性之间的歧视，他们自己的和另一首歌从自己的鸟舍达到标准，在最少的试验次数，其次是男性之间的歧视两首歌从自己的鸟舍，然后由男性之间的歧视歌曲，他们没有听到过。女性从自己的鸟舍区分两首歌需要更多的试验比男性达到标准，但与男性不同，歌曲熟悉度并没有显着影响女性的歌曲歧视。达到标准所需的试验次数在冬季比在夏季多，这表明在被认为是非光周期物种的光周期效应。性别，季节和熟悉程度似乎会影响斑胸草雀区分同种歌曲。
Operant conditioning techniques were used to assess how gender and song familiarity affect song discrimination in adult zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Twenty-five males and females, divided into five cohorts, were trained to discriminate between conspecific songs at different times of year. Males discriminating between their own and another song from their own aviary reached criterion in the fewest number of trials, followed by males discriminating between two songs from their own aviary, then by males discriminating between songs they had not heard before. Females discriminating between two songs from their own aviary required more trials than males to reach criterion, but, unlike in males, song familiarity did not have a significant effect on song discrimination by females. The number of trials required to reach criterion was greater in winter than in summer, suggesting a photoperiodic effect in what has been regarded as a nonphoto-periodic species. Gender, season, and familiarity appear to affect how zebra finches discriminate between conspecific songs.