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Male European badger churrs: insights into call function and motivational basis
Mammalian Biology ( IF 1.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-08 , DOI: 10.1007/s42991-020-00033-x
Benjamin D. Charlton , Chris Newman , David W. Macdonald , Christina D. Buesching

Determining the contexts of emission and information content of vocal signals can yield insights into the function of different call types, and remains an important step towards understanding the diversification of mammalian vocal repertoires. In this study, we used infra-red video cameras and remote audio recorders to document seasonal and contextual variation in male European badger ( Meles meles ) churr production over a 24-month period, and acoustic analysis based on source-filter theory to examine whether churr acoustic structure varies according to the caller’s arousal state and identity. Our behavioural observations revealed that male churrs are produced almost exclusively during the breeding season. Further contextual analysis showed that males emit churrs during close-range interactions with female conspecifics, often during copulation attempts, and churr directly into sett entrances. In addition, males involved in close-range social interactions delivered churrs with more call units per second than those vocalising without other conspecifics in close proximity. Discriminant function analysis also revealed that male churrs are individually distinctive, and confirmed that the formants (vocal tract resonances) contribute the most to caller identity. These findings indicate that badger churrs are sexual calls with the potential to signal male arousal state and identity in reproductive contexts. They also add to an increasing body of literature on the importance of formants for identity cueing in nonhuman mammals.

中文翻译:

雄性欧洲獾:洞察呼叫功能和动机基础

确定声音信号的发射背景和信息内容可以深入了解不同呼叫类型的功能,并且仍然是了解哺乳动物声音曲目多样化的重要一步。在这项研究中,我们使用红外摄像机和远程录音机记录了 24 个月内雄性欧洲獾 (Meles meles) churr 生产的季节性和环境变化,并基于源滤波器理论进行声学分析,以检查是否chur 声学结构根据呼叫者的唤醒状态和身份而变化。我们的行为观察表明,雄性鱼几乎只在繁殖季节产生。进一步的背景分析表明,雄性在与雌性同类的近距离互动中会发出咕噜声,通常在交配尝试期间,并直接进入 sett 入口。此外,参与近距离社交互动的男性比那些没有其他同种动物近距离发声的男性每秒发出更多的呼叫单位。判别函数分析还表明,男性 churn 具有个体差异性,并证实共振峰(声道共振)对来电者身份的贡献最大。这些发现表明,獾是性呼唤,有可能在生殖环境中表明男性的唤醒状态和身份。它们还增加了越来越多关于共振峰对非人类哺乳动物身份提示的重要性的文献。参与近距离社交互动的雄性比那些在近距离没有其他同种动物的情况下发声的雄性每秒发出更多的呼叫单位。判别函数分析还表明,男性 churn 具有个体差异性,并证实共振峰(声道共振)对来电者身份的贡献最大。这些研究结果表明,獾是性呼唤,有可能在生殖环境中发出雄性唤醒状态和身份的信号。它们还增加了越来越多关于共振峰对非人类哺乳动物身份提示的重要性的文献。参与近距离社交互动的雄性比那些在近距离没有其他同种动物的情况下发声的雄性每秒发出更多的呼叫单位。判别函数分析还表明,男性 churn 具有个体差异性,并证实共振峰(声道共振)对来电者身份的贡献最大。这些发现表明,獾是性呼唤,有可能在生殖环境中表明男性的唤醒状态和身份。它们还增加了越来越多关于共振峰对非人类哺乳动物身份提示的重要性的文献。并确认共振峰(声道共振)对呼叫者身份的贡献最大。这些发现表明,獾是性呼唤,有可能在生殖环境中表明男性的唤醒状态和身份。它们还增加了越来越多关于共振峰对非人类哺乳动物身份提示的重要性的文献。并确认共振峰(声道共振)对呼叫者身份的贡献最大。这些发现表明,獾是性呼唤,有可能在生殖环境中表明男性的唤醒状态和身份。它们还增加了越来越多关于共振峰对非人类哺乳动物身份提示的重要性的文献。
更新日期:2020-05-08
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