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Provedor de dados: | Biota Neotropica
País: | Brazil
Título: | Cougar (Puma concolor) vocalization and frequency shift as a playback response
Autores: | Macarrão,Arthur; Corbo,Milena; Araújo,Carlos Barros de.
Data: | 2012-09-01
Ano: | 2012
Palavras-chave: | Bioacoustics; Felid; Recordings; Brazil; Acoustic communication.
Resumo: | Recordings of cougar (Puma concolor) vocalizations are rare in the wild. We made two night recordings from the same individual. The first recording was spontaneous whereas the second was made after a playback emission (using a third party recording) allowing for comparisons. We measured the calls before and after playback stimuli using Raven software and noted that only the minimum fundamental frequency presented differences between calls. As fundamental frequency is closely related to body size, a frequency reduction may indicate territoriality engagement. Our recording seems to be the first held in the Brazilian wild. Little is known about cougar natural history and behavior, and our data suggest that acoustic communication may have an important role on the species intraspecific interactions.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032012000300015
Editor: | Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESP
Relação: | 10.1590/S1676-06032012000300015
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Biota Neotropica  v.12 n.3 2012
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess