Singing behaviour of vocally interacting male nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos) [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Barbara Diederich

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• Publié par: universitat_ulm
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2005
• Nombre de lectures: 10
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Singing behaviour of vocally interacting male
nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos)




Dissertation
zur Erlangung der Doktorgrades Dr. rer nat.
der Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften
der Universität Ulm

vorgelegt von
Barbara Diederich
aus Berlin

2005

















Amtierender Dekan: Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Spindler

Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kalko

Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. Günter Ehret

Tag der Promotion: 10. Februar 2006


Table of contents
Table of contents

Einleitung.................................................................................................................................1
Literatur ...............................................................................................................................6
Chapter I: Song type sharing in nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos): the role of song type
and song category.............................................................................................................11
Introduction........................................................................................................................12
Methods.............................................................................................................................15
Study animals and recording sites.................................................................................15
Song analysis ................................................................................................................15
Frequency of occurrence of song types ........................................................................16
Effects of time and space on sharing of song types......................................................17
Results......17
Song type sharing..........................................................................................................17
Sharing of whistle songs................................................................................................18
Discussion .........................................................................................................................21 21
Sharing of whistle so23
References...24
Chapter II: The use of response patterns during vocal interactions between male
nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos) ..............................................................................29
Introduction........................................................................................................................30
Methods.............................................................................................................................33
Study animals and study sites.......................................................................................33
Recordings and playback experiments..........................................................................33
Song analysis ................................................................................................................36
Response songs............................................................................................................37
Probabilities of matching responses..............................................................................38
Results ..............................................................................................................................39
Discussion .........................................................................................................................45
References...48
Chapter III: Song organisation during vocal interactions in male nightingales (Luscinia
megarhynchos)..................................................................................................................51
Introduction........................................................................................................................52
Methods.....55
Study animals and study sites.......................................................................................55
Recordings and playback experiments..........................................................................55
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Song analysis ................................................................................................................55
Song diversity56
Sequential associations between song types................................................................56
Results ..............................................................................................................................58
Song diversity58
Sequential associations between song types59 ssociation between subjects' songs and playback songs..........................61
Discussion .........................................................................................................................63
Song diversity................................................................................................................63
Sequential associations.................................................................................................64
References...66
Chapter IV: Timing of response songs during vocal interactions of male nightingales
(Luscinia megarhynchos) ..................................................................................................71
Introduction........................................................................................................................72
Methods.............................................................................................................................75
Subjects and study sites................................................................................................75
Playback experiments and recording ............................................................................76
Song analysis ................................................................................................................76
Latencies of song onsets...............................................................................................76
Temporal singing strategies ..........................................................................................78
Results......78
Response latency..........................................................................................................78
Sequential associations between song types and response latencies..........................81
Temporal strategies.......................................................................................................82
Discussion .........................................................................................................................83
Response latency83
Sequential associations ..........................84
Temporal strategies85
References...85
Chapter V: Relations between song properties during successive vocal interactions of male
nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos) ..............................................................................89
Introduction........................................................................................................................90
Methods.............................................................................................................................93
Study animals and study sites.......................................................................................93
Recordings and playback experiments..........................................................................93
Song analysis ................................................................................................................93
Data analysis.................................................................................................................94
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Correlations ...................................................................................................................95
Results ..............................................................................................................................95
Study nights95
Matching responses ......................................................................................................98
Discussion .......................................................................................................................102
References.104
Diskussion und Schlussfolgerung .......................................................................................109
Literatur ...........................................................................................................................114
Danksagung...117
Curriculum vitae ..................................................................................................................119


Einleitung
Einleitung
Vögel haben außergewöhnlich differenzierte Systeme zur vokalen Kommunikation
entwickelt. Die Gesänge vieler männlicher Singvögel (Passeriformes) sind Beispiele für
besonders komplex gestaltete akustische Signale. Die Gesangsstrukturen unterliegen wie
alle Signale ökologischen Zwängen (Zusammenfassung bei Wiley & Richards 1978; 1982),
und sie