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| Aubin,Thierry; Mathevon,Nicolas; Silva,Maria Luisa da; Vielliard,Jacques M.E.; Sebe,Frederic. |
| The White-browed Warbler Basileuterus leucoblepharus, a common bird of the BrazilianAtlantic forest, emits only one distinct song type in the context of territorial defense. Individual or neighbor-stranger recognition may be more difficult when birds share similar songs. In fact, the analysis of songs of different individuals reveals slight differences in the temporal and the frequency domains. Effectively, a careful examination of the signals of different individuals (21) by 5 complementary methods of analysis reveals first, that one or two gaps in frequency occur between two successive notes at different moments of the song, and second, that their temporal and frequency positions are stereotyped for each individual. Playback experiments confirm these... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bird acoustic communication; Individual information; Tropical forest. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652004000200022 |
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