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How do Young Block-tailed Gulls (Larus crassirostris) Recognize Adult Voice Signals\ulcorner

  • Park, Shi-Ryong (Department of Biological, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Chung, Hoon (Department of Biological, Korea National University of Education)
  • Published : 2002.09.01
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Abstract

This study was conducted to find out how young black-tailed gulls (Larus crassirostris) recognize adult voice signals after hatching. For the experiment, adult voice recorded in the natural environment was played back at controlled intervals and intensity (dB) to 15 young gulls that were artificially hatched in the laboratory. The chirirah call frequency of young gulls increased as the intensity of the mew call increased. The chirirah response of the control group was highest to the mew call at intervals of 1.8s. The adult long ca11 and alarm call also showed similar results to the mew call when the interval and intensity were manipulated similar to the mew call. Based on the results of this experiment, it is assumed that the young black-tailed gulls recognize adult voice signals based on the simple structure of adult voice signals, that is, the interval and intensity of the voice.

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