Guinea pig's courtship call: cues for identity and male dominance status?
| Autor: | Bruna Lima Ferreira, Patrícia Ferreira Monticelli, Paula Verzola-Olivio, Fernando Frei |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
Male identity media_common.quotation_subject Identity (social science) Cavia Biology dominance 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences bioacoustics Courtship Guinea pig otorhinolaryngologic diseases vocal individuality 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common Purr Communication business.industry 05 social sciences rodent biology.organism_classification Dominance (ethology) courtship Animal Science and Zoology male quality business guinea pig Social status |
| Zdroj: | Scopus Repositório Institucional da UNESP Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) instacron:UNESP |
| ISSN: | 0003-3472 |
| Popis: | Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T11:12:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-04-01 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Reproduction involves communication. Males usually evolve elaborate displays that may declare their qualities and attract females to mate, using signals from different modalities. Females may use cues encoded in courtship signals to evaluate males and make choices concerning their qualities. We investigated the acoustic element of the elaborate display of the small Cavia rodents, the guinea pigs, Cavia porcellus. We verified the potentiality of the courtship call (purr) to reflect male identity and social status, through variations in acoustic structure and male vocal performance. Our results suggest that the purr encodes individuality but not male dominance status. Vocal performance and purr's structural parameters differed between individuals, but there was no correlation between acoustic parameters and male dominance status. Courtship in cavies is a multimodal display, and male quality may be encoded in visual and chemical signals. This study is the first evidence of individuality in the purr. Further studies may reveal the role of each communication channel in the courting process of Cavia. Department of Psychology Faculty of Philosophy Science and Letters at Ribeirão Preto University of São Paulo Department of Biology Faculty of Science and Letters – FCLAssis São Paulo State University – Unesp Department of Biology Faculty of Science and Letters – FCLAssis São Paulo State University – Unesp FAPESP: 2016/14730–9 |
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