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Alarm calls given by parents when risk is detected during nesting may be considered a form of parental defense. We analyzed variations in callings of breeding pairs of the Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus during the nesting cycle and when faced with different predator models. Nesting birds were exposed to stuffed models at different nesting stages (early and late during incubation, and nests with younger and older nestlings). Nests were also exposed to different predator models where the calling response of breeding adults and acoustic structure variations of the calls were analyzed. The presence of a predator model increased the parents' alarm calls along the nesting stage. This result supports the hypothesis that the higher the nest reproductive value, the higher the nest defense performed by the Southern House Wren. However, it also supports the notion that alarm calls could be used by parents to silence nestlings and reduce their detectability. Alarm calls also varied according to the predator model presented. We suggest that alarm calls variations of Southern House Wrens could encode information about the kind of predator and the risk envisaged through variations of call rates. © Dt. Ornithologen-Gesellschaft e.V. 2009.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Alarm calls of the Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus: Variation with nesting stage and predator model
Autor:Fasanella, M.; Fernández, G.J.
Filiación:Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Laboratorio de Ecología y Comportamiento Animal, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Int. Guiraldes s/n, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
Palabras clave:Acoustic signal; Alarm calls; Communication; Nesting cycle; Troglodytes musculus; antipredator defense; bioacoustics; calling behavior; nesting; songbird; Aves; Troglodytes; Troglodytes musculus
Año:2009
Volumen:150
Número:4
Página de inicio:853
Página de fin:863
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-009-0406-2
Título revista:Journal of Ornithology
Título revista abreviado:J. Ornithol.
ISSN:00218375
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00218375_v150_n4_p853_Fasanella

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Fasanella, M. & Fernández, G.J. (2009) . Alarm calls of the Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus: Variation with nesting stage and predator model. Journal of Ornithology, 150(4), 853-863.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-009-0406-2
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Fasanella, M., Fernández, G.J. "Alarm calls of the Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus: Variation with nesting stage and predator model" . Journal of Ornithology 150, no. 4 (2009) : 853-863.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-009-0406-2
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Fasanella, M., Fernández, G.J. "Alarm calls of the Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus: Variation with nesting stage and predator model" . Journal of Ornithology, vol. 150, no. 4, 2009, pp. 853-863.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-009-0406-2
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Fasanella, M., Fernández, G.J. Alarm calls of the Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus: Variation with nesting stage and predator model. J. Ornithol. 2009;150(4):853-863.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-009-0406-2