Dear colleagues,
On behalf of my co-authors, I am pleased to inform you our new
publication in Behaviour:
/Good fences make good neighbours: territorial male Cape fur seals use
spatial acoustic map of neighbours/
Mathilde Martin, Tess Gridley, Simon Elwen, Isabelle Charrier
Abstract: In territorial species, individual recognition among
neighbouring males is likely to reduce energy expenses and risk of
injury associated with the costly period of maintaining territory during
the breeding season. This study explored neighbour–stranger vocal
recognition in male Cape fur seals, one of the most colonial and
polygynous mammals. Playback experiments revealed that territorial males
were able to recognise the calls of their neighbours, in combination
with their relative spatial position to their own harem. No ‘dear-enemy’
nor ‘nasty neighbour’ effects were detected. However, the strongest
responses observed were towards the calls of familiar neighbours played
back from an incongruent location, simulating a situation in which a
neighbour is outside its own territory. The colony structure and
movements of the seals across the day could explain such results. This
study has implications for understanding how vocal signals regulate
interactions among males in polygynous mammals, particularly during the
competitive mating period.
https://brill.com/view/journals/beh/aop/article-10.1163-1568539X-bja10218/article-10.1163-1568539X-bja10218.xml
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions
Best regards,
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Mathilde MARTIN, PhD
Acoustic Communications Team, Department Cognition & Network Neuroscience
NeuroPSI - Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience
151 rue de la Rotonde, 91400 Saclay, FRANCE
https://neuropsi.cnrs.fr
Tel: +33 (0)1 69 82 63 56
Email: [email protected]
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