scholarly journals Male song quality affects circulating but not yolk steroid concentrations in female canaries (Serinus canaria)

2005 ◽  
Vol 208 (24) ◽  
pp. 4593-4598 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Serinus Canaria ◽  
Male Song ◽  
Female Canaries

scholarly journals Female signalling to male song in the domestic canary, Serinus canaria

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 140196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Amy ◽  
Pauline Salvin ◽  
Marc Naguib ◽  
Gerard Leboucher
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Sexual Interaction ◽  
Serinus Canaria ◽  
Male Song ◽  
Male Display ◽  
Female Specific ◽  
Female Signalling ◽  
Sensitization Effect ◽  
Female Canaries

Most studies on sexual selection focus on male characteristics such as male song in songbirds. Yet female vocalizations in songbirds are growing in interest among behavioural and evolutionary biologists because these vocalizations can reveal the female's preferences for male traits and may affect male display. This study was designed to test whether male song performance influences the different female signals in the domestic canary ( Serinus canaria ). Female canaries were exposed to three types of song performance, differing in the repetition rate of sexy syllables. This experiment demonstrates that female birds are engaged in multimodal communication during sexual interaction. The results support the copulation solicitation hypothesis for female-specific trills: these trills were positively correlated and had a similar pattern to the copulation solicitation displays; responses were higher to the songs with higher performance and responses decreased with the repetition of the stimulation. Also, we observed a sensitization effect with the repetition of the song of the highest performance for the simple calls. Simple trills and other calls were more frequent during the broadcast of canary songs compared with the heterospecific control songs. The differential use of female signals in response to different song performance reveals a highly differentiated female signalling system which is discussed in light of the role of female traits to understand sexual selection in a broader perspective.

Preferences and Predispositions For Intra-syllabic Diversity in Female Canaries (Serinus Canaria)

Behaviour ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
pp. 571-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Nagle ◽  
Magali Pasteau ◽  
Michel Kreutzer
Keyword(s):  
Serinus Canaria ◽  
Female Canaries

Male Song Quality, Egg Size and Offspring Sex in Captive Canaries (Serinus canaria)

Ethology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 112 (6) ◽  
pp. 554-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Leitner ◽  
Rupert C. Marshall ◽  
Bernd Leisler ◽  
Clive K. Catchpole
Keyword(s):  
Egg Size ◽  
Serinus Canaria ◽  
Male Song ◽  
Offspring Sex

Adult Female Canaries Respond to Male Song by Calling

Ethology ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 108 (5) ◽  
pp. 463-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Nagle ◽  
Michel Kreutzer ◽  
Eric Vallet
Keyword(s):  
Adult Female ◽  
Male Song ◽  
Female Canaries

Female canaries produce eggs with greater amounts of testosterone when exposed to preferred male song

2004 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Gil ◽  
Gérard Leboucher ◽  
André Lacroix ◽  
Roger Cue ◽  
Michel Kreutzer
Keyword(s):  
Male Song ◽  
Female Canaries

Copulation-solicitation Displays in Female Canaries (Serinus canaria): are Oestradiol Implants Necessary?

Ethology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 190-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard Leboucher ◽  
Michel Kreutzer ◽  
John Dittami
Keyword(s):  
Serinus Canaria ◽  
Female Canaries

Photoperiodic response of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonad axis in male and female canaries,Serinus canaria

2003 ◽  
Vol 296A (2) ◽  
pp. 143-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
George E. Bentley ◽  
Natalie C. Audage ◽  
Era K. Hanspal ◽  
Gregory F. Ball ◽  
Thomas P. Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Photoperiodic Response ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Serinus Canaria ◽  
Female Canaries
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