QUANTIFYING RESPONSES TO PLAYBACK: ONE, MANY, OR COMPOSITE MULTIVARIATE MEASURES?

摘要: Acoustic communication is one of the better studied areas animal behaviour (Halliday and Slater 1973). Part reason for large number studies in this area relative ease with which sounds can be recorded broadcast. This has permitted experiments laboratory field sound played to animals their responses noted. Such playback have been conducted on a species, notably songbirds anuran amphibians (see chapters by Falls Gerhardt respectively volume), but including wide diversity taxonomic groups; from whales (e.g. Clark 1980) wolves Harrington 1989), reef fish Myrberg Riggio 1985) rodents Cherry deer Clutton-Brock Albon 1979, McComb chapter volume) Drosophila Bennet-Clark Ewing 1969). As argued Catchpole (this now regarded as an important part any integrated investigation system.