Ontogeny of conspecific and heterospecific alarm call recognition in wild Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi)

2008 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Fichtel
Keyword(s):  
Alarm Call ◽  
Propithecus Verreauxi ◽  
Call Recognition ◽  
Propithecus Verreauxi Verreauxi

scholarly journals Heterospecific alarm-call recognition in two warbler hosts of common cuckoos

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 1149-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangping Yu ◽  
Hailin Lu ◽  
Wei Sun ◽  
Wei Liang ◽  
Haitao Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alarm Call ◽  
Alarm Calls ◽  
Reed Warbler ◽  
Cuculus Canorus ◽  
Common Cuckoo ◽  
Playback Experiments ◽  
Call Recognition ◽  
Accipiter Nisus ◽  
Main Host ◽  
The Common

Abstract Species facing similar selection pressures should recognize heterospecific alarm signals. However, no study has so far examined heterospecific alarm-call recognition in response to parasitism by cuckoos. In this study, we tested whether two sympatric host species of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus, Oriental reed warbler Acrocephalus orientalis (ORW, main host), and black-browed reed warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps (BRW, rare host), could recognize each other’s alarm calls in response to cuckoos. Dummies of common cuckoo (parasite) and Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus (predator) were used to induce and record alarm calls of the two warbler species, respectively. In the conspecific alarm-call playback experiments, ORW responded more strongly to cuckoo alarm calls than to sparrowhawk alarm calls, while BRW responded less strongly to cuckoo alarm calls than to sparrowhawk alarm calls. In the heterospecific alarm-call playback experiments, both ORW and BRW responded less strongly to cuckoo alarm calls than sparrowhawk alarm calls. BRW seemed to learn the association between parasite-related alarm calls of the ORW and the cuckoo by observing the process of ORW attacking cuckoos. In contrast, alarm calls of BRW to cuckoos were rarely recorded in most cases. BRW with low parasite pressure still developed recognition of heterospecific parasite-related alarm call. Unintended receivers in the same community should recognize heterospecific alarm calls precisely to extract valuable information.

scholarly journals Interspecific Semantic Alarm Call Recognition in the Solitary Sahamalaza Sportive Lemur, Lepilemur sahamalazensis

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. e67397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Seiler ◽  
Christoph Schwitzer ◽  
Marco Gamba ◽  
Marc W. Holderied
Keyword(s):  
Alarm Call ◽  
Call Recognition ◽  
Sportive Lemur

Intrasexual selection in Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi)

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Lawler ◽  
Alison F. Richard ◽  
Margaret A. Riley
Keyword(s):  
Propithecus Verreauxi ◽  
Intrasexual Selection ◽  
Propithecus Verreauxi Verreauxi

scholarly journals Heterospecific alarm call recognition in a non-vocal reptile

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 632-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maren N Vitousek ◽  
James S Adelman ◽  
Nathan C Gregory ◽  
James J. H. St Clair
Keyword(s):  
Vocal Communication ◽  
Alarm Call ◽  
Auditory Discrimination ◽  
Alarm Calls ◽  
Amblyrhynchus Cristatus ◽  
Call Recognition ◽  
Remarkable Degree ◽  
Marine Iguana ◽  
Predator Behaviour

The ability to recognize and respond to the alarm calls of heterospecifics has previously been described only in species with vocal communication. Here we provide evidence that a non-vocal reptile, the Galápagos marine iguana ( Amblyrhynchus cristatus ), can eavesdrop on the alarm call of the Galápagos mockingbird ( Nesomimus parvulus ) and respond with anti-predator behaviour. Eavesdropping on complex heterospecific communications demonstrates a remarkable degree of auditory discrimination in a non-vocal species.

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