0465757 - BC 2017 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Mahr, K. - Seifert, Carlo Lutz - Hoi, H.
Female and male Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) sing in response to experimental predator exposition.
Journal of Ornithology. Roč. 157, č. 3 (2016), s. 907-911. ISSN 0021-8375. E-ISSN 1439-0361
Institucionální podpora: RVO:60077344
Klíčová slova: defence behaviour * female song * passerines
Kód oboru RIV: EH - Ekologie - společenstva
Impakt faktor: 1.468, rok: 2016 ; AIS: 0.578, rok: 2016
Web výsledku:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-016-1345-3DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-016-1345-3

Female song is recognized to serve a similar function as male song and underlies sexual selection processes; yet certain patterns of the expression of female singing behaviour are not in line with traditional explanations known from male songbirds. In particular, in northern hemisphere songbirds, female singing behaviour is regarded to occur only rarely, and; therefore, studies investigating it are sparse. Within the framework of an experimental study on nest defence behaviour, we observed female singing in a common European passerine, namely, the Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus). Females expressed singing behaviour when a dummy of a Sparrow Hawk was exposed to the nest, raising the idea that song might be multifunctional in this species.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0264512