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Postnatal Development of Echolocation Vocalizations in the Serotine Bat, Eptesicus serotinus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

문둥이박쥐(Eptesicus serotinus)의 생후 반향정위 발성 발달에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2015.09.01
  • Accepted : 2015.11.03
  • Published : 2015.12.31
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Abstract

Developmental changes in the vocal signals of serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus) during their infancy were examined in this study. The analysis was conducted on 4 infant serotine bats from 1 to 40 days after their birth. Pulse duration (PD), pulse interval (PI), peak frequency (PF), maximum frequency ($F_{MAX}$), minimum frequency ($F_{MIN}$), and bandwidth (BW) were measured. As the bats grew, their vocalizations became increasingly consistent and similar to those of adults. For infant bats, PD and PI decreased as they grew older, whereas PF, $F_{MAX}$, $F_{MIN}$, and BW increased. The greatest change in vocalizations was observed between the $10^{th}$ and $20^{th}$ days after birth. Also, PF, $F_{MAX}$, $F_{MIN}$ and BW, which describe sound frequency, increased dramatically during the period between the $10^{th}$ and the $20^{th}$ days. In contrast, the greatest change in PD occurred between the $30^{th}$ and $40^{th}$ days after birth. The results collected in this study suggest that frequency increased as the contraction ability of the muscles developed by around 20 days of age. Muscle relaxation ability, which is related to PD, was found to develop significantly at 30 to 40 days of age. According to the results of this study, although 40 day-old infant bats are not yet able to fly, their vocal signals were similar to those of adults. This indicates that vocal development and flying activity develop separately in young bats.

문둥이박쥐(Eptesicus serotinus)의 생후 발성발달 특징을 파악하기 위하여 임신한 암컷 3개체로부터 총 4개체의 새끼 박쥐를 확보하여 발성변화를 분석하였다. 녹음 및 분석은 생후 1일부터 40일까지 수행하였으며, 펄스 지속시간(PD), 펄스 간격(PI), 최고 주파수(PF), 시작 주파수($F_{MAX}$), 종료 주파수($F_{MIN}$), 대역폭(BW)에 대하여 측정하였다. 새끼 박쥐는 생후 초기에 가장 다양한 패턴의 음성을 발산하였으며, 연령이 증가함에 따라서 점차 어미와 유사해졌다. PD와 PI는 연령이 증가할수록 감소하였으며, 반면 PF, $F_{MAX}$, $F_{MIN}$, BW는 증가하였다. PF, $F_{MAX}$, $F_{MIN}$, BW는 생후 10일에서 20일 사이에 가장 큰 변화가 확인되었으며, PD는 생후 30일에서 40일 사이에 가장 큰 변화가 확인되었다. 따라서 진동수의 발성과 관련이 있는 발성근육의 수축 능력은 생후 20일경 가장 발달하게 되며, 발성시간과 관련된 발성근육의 이완 능력은 생후 30일에서 40일 사이에 가장 발달하는 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구에 이용된 새끼 개체들은 생후 40일차에도 비행이 확인되지 않았으나 발성음은 어미와 유사하게 나타났다. 따라서 이러한 결과는 새끼 박쥐의 발성 발달은 비행행동 또는 비행과 관련된 근육의 발달을 필수적으로 동반하는 것은 아니라는 것을 보여주는 결과라 판단된다.

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