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Abstract:

Alarm calls are usually used to signal the presence of a threat to members of the same species and have been studied broadly in social foraging species. We analysed the effects of conspecific alarm calls on the parental behaviour of a territorial species, the southern house wrens (Troglodytes aedon musculus), during nestling stage. We compared the parental response of adults feeding 9-11-day-old nestlings when faced with conspecific alarm calls and with a control non-sympatric species' song broadcast from a neighbouring territory. We measured the time required by parents to return to the nest (latency) when exposed to the stimuli and estimated parent's nest visitation rate and mean visit duration. Parents took longer to resume parental activities when we broadcast a conspecific alarm call, but they did not modify their nest visitation rate or the mean visit duration. Heterospecific songs did not seem to affect parental behaviour. Our results suggest that nesting southern house wrens can use alarm calls uttered from neighbouring territories to assess the presence of a threat and adjust their parental behaviour accordingly. © 2012 Springer-Verlag and ISPA.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Effect of conspecific alarm calls in the parental behaviour of nesting southern house wrens
Autor:Corral, M.G.; Llambías, P.E.; Fernández, G.J.
Filiación:Laboratorio de Ecología y Comportamiento Animal, Departamento de Ecologia, Genetica y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Int Guiraldes 2160, Pabellon II Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ecología del Comportamiento Animal, CCT CONICET MENDOZA, Av. Dr. Adrian Ruiz Leal s/n, Parque Gral San Martin, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
Palabras clave:Acoustic cues; Information networks; Parental care; Risk assessment; Southern house wren; Troglodytes; Troglodytes aedon
Año:2013
Volumen:16
Número:1
Página de inicio:47
Página de fin:51
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-012-0129-x
Título revista:Acta Ethologica
Título revista abreviado:Acta Ethol.
ISSN:08739749
CODEN:AECTD
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_08739749_v16_n1_p47_Corral

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Corral, M.G., Llambías, P.E. & Fernández, G.J. (2013) . Effect of conspecific alarm calls in the parental behaviour of nesting southern house wrens. Acta Ethologica, 16(1), 47-51.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-012-0129-x
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Corral, M.G., Llambías, P.E., Fernández, G.J. "Effect of conspecific alarm calls in the parental behaviour of nesting southern house wrens" . Acta Ethologica 16, no. 1 (2013) : 47-51.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-012-0129-x
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Corral, M.G., Llambías, P.E., Fernández, G.J. "Effect of conspecific alarm calls in the parental behaviour of nesting southern house wrens" . Acta Ethologica, vol. 16, no. 1, 2013, pp. 47-51.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-012-0129-x
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Corral, M.G., Llambías, P.E., Fernández, G.J. Effect of conspecific alarm calls in the parental behaviour of nesting southern house wrens. Acta Ethol. 2013;16(1):47-51.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-012-0129-x