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1. Acoustic communication in zebra finches signals when mates will take turns with parental duties

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Emilie C. Perez, Ingrid C.A. Boucaud, Simon C. Griffith, Clémentine Vignal, Lauriane S. Ramos, Ecologie et Neuro-Ethologie Sensorielles (ENES), Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM), Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Brain, Behaviour and Evolution, and Macquarie University

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0106 biological sciences, Reproductive success, biology, [SDV.NEU.PC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Psychology and behavior, Ecology, Repertoire, [SDV.NEU.NB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Neurobiology, 05 social sciences, Foraging, [SDV.NEU.SC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Cognitive Sciences, biology.organism_classification, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Sexual conflict, Nest, behavior and behavior mechanisms, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Animal Science and Zoology, 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology, Paternal care, Zebra finch, Social psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Taeniopygia
Abstract

International audience; Bi-parental care may involve both cooperation and conflict between parents. Parents adjust their workload to that of their partner and this ability is likely to affect reproductive success. Whether mates communicate, either to resolve the sexual conflict or to coordinate their joint investment in parental care is a largely unaddressed question which we examined by recording wild zebra finches at the nest during incubation. Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) partners produce vocal exchanges at the nest that can be characterized as duets. Some duets end in nest-relief (when birds take turns incubating and foraging) but some do not (when the foraging mate vocally interacts with its incubating partner by coming inside or in the vicinity of the nest). Our data indicate that the structure of the duet predicted its outcome (relief or not), with a parent calling differently before leaving or staying in the nest by modifying its vocal repertoire as well as the acoustic structure of one particular call type which is typically used inside the nest. Zebra finch partners may thus exchange on the time to take turns with parental duties. Our results show that acoustic communication between partners might be of importance in the organization of parental care and could help in understanding sexual conflict resolution or cooperation phenomena in future studies.

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2017
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2. Variation in Reproductive Success Across Captive Populations: Methodological Differences, Potential Biases and Opportunities

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Malika Ihle, Ingrid C.A. Boucaud, Joanna Rutkowska, Susan D. Healy, Neeltje J. Boogert, Laura L. Hurley, Samuel C. Andrew, Larissa Trompf, Tony D. Williams, John P. Swaddle, Marie-Jeanne Holveck, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Stephanie Bittner, Davina L. Hill, Maeve McMahon, Carlos Alonso-Alvarez, E. Tobias Krause, Meghan S. Martin-Wintle, Ondi L. Crino, Marc Naguib, Katherine L. Buchanan, Avelyne S. Villain, Katharina Riebel, Ida E. Bailey, Nora H. Prior, Michael Tobler, Ana Angela Romero-Haro, Luke S.C. McCowan, Valeria Marasco, Nick J. Royle, Ian R. Hartley, David F. Clayton, Mylene M. Mariette, Clémentine Vignal, Claire W. Varian-Ramos, Barbara A. Caspers, Andreas Nord, Lauren M. Guillette, Pat Monaghan, Mariusz Cichoń, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan, Dominique A. Potvin, Simon C. Griffith, Ruedi G. Nager, Sébastien Derégnaucourt, Michael Briga, Fumiaki Y. Nomano, Mark C. Mainwaring, Winnie Boner, Peri E. Bolton, Wiebke Schuett, Department of Brain, Behaviour and Evolution, Macquarie University, Department of Psychology, Cornell University [New York], Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), Institute of Biodiversity, University of Glasgow, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecologie et Neuro-Ethologie Sensorielles (ENES), Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM), Institute of Environmental Sciences, Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie = Jagiellonian University (UJ), Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Laboratoire Éthologie Cognition Développement (LECD), Université Paris Nanterre (UPN), Department of Animal and Plant Sciences [Sheffield], University of Sheffield [Sheffield], Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, School of animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand [Johannesburg] (WITS), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, Department of Zoology (The University of British Columbia), University of British Columbia (UBC), Cornell University, Institut des Neurosciences de Paris-Saclay (Neuro-PSI), Jagiellonian University [Krakow] (UJ), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UM3)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences, University of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution, University of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversity, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UM3), Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), and Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])

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0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, PHOTOPERIODIC REGULATION, Range (biology), QH301 Biology, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Captivity, [SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology, zebra finch, reproductive failure, 01 natural sciences, Z60, SEXUAL SELECTION, Behavioral Ecology, Z609, INCUBATION BEHAVIOR, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, biology, PE&RC, 3. Good health, MATE CHOICE, model species, Gedragsecologie, captivity, Sexual selection, MALE ZEBRA FINCHES, CORTICOSTERONE LEVELS, husbandry, NDAS, Zoology, captive breeding, 010603 evolutionary biology, 03 medical and health sciences, QH301, EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATION, domestication, Captive breeding, Parental investment, Zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, FINCH TAENIOPYGIA-GUTTATA, Zebra finch, Reproductive success, zebra finch, PARENTAL INVESTMENT, biology.organism_classification, 030104 developmental biology, GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY, Evolutionary biology, WIAS, Animal Science and Zoology, Taeniopygia
Abstract

Our understanding of fundamental organismal biology has been disproportionately influenced by studies of a relatively small number of ‘model’ species extensively studied in captivity. Laboratory populations of model species are commonly subject to a number of forms of past and current selection that may affect experimental outcomes. Here, we examine these processes and their outcomes in one of the most widely used vertebrate species in the laboratory – the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). This important model species is used for research across a broad range of fields, partly due to the ease with which it can be bred in captivity. However despite this perceived amenability, we demonstrate extensive variation in the success with which different laboratories and studies bred their subjects, and overall only 64% of all females that were given the opportunity, bred successfully in the laboratory. We identify and review several environmental, husbandry, life-history and behavioural factors that potentially contribute to this variation. The variation in reproductive success across individuals could lead to biases in experimental outcomes and drive some of the heterogeneity in research outcomes across studies. The zebra finch remains an excellent captive animal system and our aim is to sharpen the insight that future studies of this species can provide, both to our understanding of this species and also with respect to the reproduction of captive animals more widely. We hope to improve systematic reporting methods and that further investigation of the issues we raise will lead both to advances in our fundamental understanding of avian reproduction as well as to improvements in future welfare and experimental efficiency.

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2016
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3. Corticosterone triggers high-pitched nestlings’ begging calls and affects parental behavior in the wild zebra finch

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Emilie C. Perez, Simon C. Griffith, Précillia Cochard, Christophe O. Soulage, Mylene M. Mariette, Clémentine Vignal, Ecologie et Neuro-Ethologie Sensorielles (ENES), Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM), Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Cardiovasculaire, métabolisme, diabétologie et nutrition (CarMeN), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Department of Brain, Behaviour and Evolution, Macquarie University, Institut des Neurosciences de Paris-Saclay (Neuro-PSI), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), and Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)

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0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, [SDV.NEU.NB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Neurobiology, Foraging, Zoology, parental care, call spectrum, acoustic signaling, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, Nest, Corticosterone, High-pitched, Begging, Zebra finch, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, nestling provisioning, Reproductive success, [SDV.NEU.PC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Psychology and behavior, Ecology, [SDV.NEU.SC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Cognitive Sciences, stress response, humanities, 030104 developmental biology, chemistry, Animal Science and Zoology, Paternal care
Abstract

International audience; Nestlings beg to parents to communicate their need. Nevertheless, the specific signal driving parental care remains only partially understood. No study to date has been able to link a specific change in the physiological state of the young with, on the one hand, the modulation of a precise component of its begging behavior and, on the other hand, a direct modification of parental behavior reflecting an adjustment to an appropriate level of care. Here we orally administrated either exogenous corticosterone or a peanut oil control to free-living zebra finch nestlings and recorded begging behavior directly after treatment. Using a continuous automated monitoring system to record parental behavior in the wild, we simultaneously monitored the rate and duration of parental nest visits and foraging behavior at artificial feeders during 6 days posttreatment. We show that corticosterone modified the begging calls’ spectrum. Parents of corticosterone-treated broods spent more time in the nest and in feeders, and their older nestlings gained more body mass. Begging calls thus show a corticosterone-driven flexibility, which may inform parents of nestlings’ physiological state and allow them to provide an appropriate level of care.

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2016
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4. Impact of visual contact on vocal interaction dynamics of pair bonded birds

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Hédi Soula, Clémentine Vignal, Marie S. A. Fernandez, Simon C. Griffith, Emilie C. Perez, Ecologie et Neuro-Ethologie Sensorielles (ENES), Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM), Artificial Evolution and Computational Biology (BEAGLE), Laboratoire d'InfoRmatique en Image et Systèmes d'information (LIRIS), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), Université de Lyon-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Inria Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Lyon-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2), Macquarie University, Cardiovasculaire, métabolisme, diabétologie et nutrition (CarMeN), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Etienne] (UJM), Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2) - École Centrale de Lyon (ECL) - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2) - École Centrale de Lyon (ECL) - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Inria Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria) - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria) - Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive (LBBE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Laboratoire de recherche en cardiovasculaire, métabolisme, diabétologie et nutrition (CarMeN), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon) - Hospices Civils de Lyon - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon) - Hospices Civils de Lyon - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2) - École Centrale de Lyon (ECL) - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Brain, Behaviour and Evolution, Laboratoire de recherche en cardiovasculaire, métabolisme, diabétologie et nutrition (CarMeN), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon) - Hospices Civils de Lyon - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM), Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Inria Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes, Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Fernandez, Marie, Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Inria Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes, Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Sensory Neuro-Ethology (ENES), Centre de recherche en neurosciences de Lyon - Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Property (programming), Markov process, symbols.namesake, Stimulus modality, [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology, Zebra finch, Sensory cue, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Communication, biology, Markov chains, business.industry, visual contact, zebra finch, Turn-taking, [SDV.EE.IEO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Symbiosis, biology.organism_classification, Pair bond, vocal communication, symbols, Animal Science and Zoology, [SDV.BA.ZV] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology, turn taking, business, Psychology, pair bond, Taeniopygia, [SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Symbiosis
Abstract

International audience; Animal social interactions usually revolve around several sensory modalities. For birds, these are pri- marily visual and acoustic. However, some habitat specificities or long distances may temporarily hinder or limit visual information transmission making acoustic transmission a central channel of communi- cation even during complex social behaviours. Here we investigated the impact of visual limitation on the vocal dynamics between zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata, partners. Pairs were acoustically recorded during a separation and reunion protocol with gradually decreasing distance without visual contact. Without visual contact, pairs displayed more correlated vocal exchanges than with visual contact. We also analysed the turn-taking sequences of individuals' vocalizations during an exchange with or without visual contact. In the absence of visual contact, the identity of a vocalizing individual was well predicted by the knowledge of the identity of the previous vocalizer. This property is characteristic of a stochastic process called a Markov chain and we found that turn-taking sequences of birds deprived of visual contact were Markovian. Thus, both the temporal correlation between the calls of the two partners and Markov properties of acoustic interactions indicate that, in the absence of visual cues, the decision to call is taken on a very short-term basis and solely on acoustic information (both temporal and identity of caller). Strikingly, when individuals were in visual contact both these features of their acoustic social interactions disappeared indicating that birds adapted their calling dynamics to cope with limited visual cues.

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2015
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5. The design of artificial nestboxes for the study of secondary hole-nesting birds: A review of methodological inconsistencies and potential biases

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Jean Charles Bouvier, Martyn J. Stenning, Caren B. Cooper, Chan Ryul Park, Christopher M. Perrins, Tapio Eeva, Marcel M. Lambrechts, Beat Naef-Daenzer, Emilio Barba, Bengt Silverin, Henrik G. Smith, Arie J. van Noordwijk, L. Scott Johnson, Jordi Camprodon, Anders Pape Møller, Charles F. Thompson, Paulo E. Llambías, Anne E. Goodenough, Oskars Keišs, Bruno Faivre, Jaime Potti, Jan Ke Nilsson, Francisco Atiénzar, Nadia Ziane, Jerzy Bańbura, Alberto Sorace, Tore Slagsvold, Daniel R. Ardia, Arnaud Grégoire, Simon C. Griffith, Lars Gustafsson, Frank Adriaensen, János Török, Marcel Eens, Markku Orell, Alexandr Artemyev, Heinz Richner, Jan Pinowski, Andrew G. Gosler, Ian R. K. Stewart, Vladimír Remeš, Juan Moreno, Jiri Porkert, Seppo Rytkönen, Tomasz D. Mazgajski, David W. Winkler, Bruno Massa, Russell D. Dawson, Ken A. Otter, Ming Tang Shiao, László Zsolt Garamszegi, Piotr Tryjanowski, Wojciech Kania, Mark C. Mainwaring, Raivo Mänd, Ana Cláudia Norte, Animal Ecology (AnE), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UM3)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp (UA), Department of Biology, Franklin & Marshall College, Institute of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), Terrestrial Vertebrates Research Unit 'Cavanilles', University of Valencia-Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Experimental Zoology & Evolutionary Biology, Łódź University of Technology, Unité de recherche Plantes et Systèmes de Culture Horticoles (PSH), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Biodiversity Department, Forest Technology Center of Catalonia, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Department of Biology (Ethology), Section of Ecology, University of Turku, Biogéosciences [UMR 6282] [Dijon] (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Estacion Biologica de Donana, Department of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology-Institute of Human Sciences, Department of Brain, Behaviour and Evolution, Macquarie University, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Towson University [Towson, MD, United States], University of Maryland System-University of Maryland System, Ornithological Station, Polska Akademia Nauk (PAN)-Museum and Institute of Zoology, Laboratory of Ornithology, University of Latvia (LU), Ecologia del Comportamiento Animal, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires] (CONICET), Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, University of Tartu, Stazione Inanellamento c/o Dipartimento SEN-FIMIZO, Università di Palermo, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polska Akademia Nauk (PAN), Ecologie Systématique et Evolution (ESE), Université Paris-Sud - 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Subjects
PASSERINES, 0106 biological sciences, Nest-box, design, measures, PARUS, SECONDARY CAVITY-NESTING BIRDS, Otras Ciencias Biológicas, NEST SITES, FLYCATCHER, Ficedula, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, [ SDV.EE ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, 010605 ornithology, methods, field experiments, Ciencias Biológicas, nestboxes, tit, Cyanistes, Research based, Statistics, NESTBOXES, FIELD EXPERIMENTS, Nest box, Biological sciences, Biology, secondary cavity-nesting birds, FICEDULA, Parus, [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, [ SDE.BE ] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, biology, Ecology, nest sites, passerines, biology.organism_classification, 3. Good health, TIT, Settore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E Applicata, CYANISTES, flycatcher, METHODS, Nesting (computing), Animal Science and Zoology, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Abstract

The widespread use of artificial nestboxes has led to significant advances in our knowledge of the ecology, behaviour and physiology of cavity nesting birds, especially small passerines. Nestboxes have made it easier to perform routine monitoring and experimental manipulation of eggs or nestlings, and also repeatedly to capture, identify and manipulate the parents. However, when comparing results across study sites the use of nestboxes may also introduce a potentially significant confounding variable in the form of differences in nestbox design amongst studies, such as their physical dimensions, placement height, and the way in which they are constructed and maintained. However, the use of nestboxes may also introduce an unconsidered and potentially significant confounding variable due to differences in nestbox design amongst studies, such as their physical dimensions, placement height, and the way in which they are constructed and maintained. Here we review to what extent the characteristics of artificial nestboxes (e.g. size, shape, construction material, colour) are documented in the 'methods' sections of publications involving hole-nesting passerine birds using natural or excavated cavities or artificial nestboxes for reproduction and roosting. Despite explicit previous recommendations that authors describe in detail the characteristics of the nestboxes used, we found that the description of nestbox characteristics in most recent publications remains poor and insufficient. We therefore list the types of descriptive data that should be included in the methods sections of relevant manuscripts and justify this by discussing how variation in nestbox characteristics can affect or confound conclusions from nestbox studies. We also propose several recommendations to improve the reliability and usefulness of research based on long-term studies of any secondary hole-nesting species using artificial nestboxes for breeding or roosting.

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2010
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