Interspecific social interactions and behavioral responses of Apodemus agrarius and Apodemus flavicollis to conspecific and heterospecific odors

Simeonovska-Nikolova, Daniela M.

doi:10.1007/s10164-006-0203-9

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“…Heterospecific avoidance and attraction play a strong role in the spatial and behavioral structuring of numerous communities (Robinson and Terborgh 1995, Simeonovska-Nikolova 2007, Seppänen et al 2007, Pope and Haney 2008, Harmsen et al 2009). As habitats experience broad-scale changes at an ever-increasing rate, their component species are under constant pressure to restructure the faunal community.…”

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Settlement in Novel Habitats Induced by Social Information May Disrupt Community Structure

Betts

Nocera

Hadley

2010

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Birds may colonize new habitats because of introduction, changing environmental conditions, and/ or altered social or environmental cues. However, aside from introduced (often invasive) species, little is known about the consequences of such colonizations for members of existing communities. If the realized niche is influenced by the presence or absence of heterospecific competitors, then addition of a species to a novel habitat or location could result in extirpation or avoidance if members of the existing community are subdominant. Alternatively, if for some species heterospecific cues are the primary means for collecting information about a site's quality, heterospecific attraction could occur. To test these predictions, we experimentally induced free-living Black-throated Blue Warblers (Dendroica caerulescens) to colonize a novel environment within their existing range. We used dynamic occupancy modeling to test for the dynamics of colonization and local extinction as a function of our experimental treatment. We found strong evidence for dynamic occupancy by birds during the breeding season; colonizations and extirpations were common. Although dynamics were not generally well explained by our experimental introduction of Black-throated Blue Warblers, we found some support for the heterospecificavoidance hypothesis; three of the four species we examined that prefer early seral forests tended to abandon a site once Black-throated Blue Warblers occupied it. We suggest that heterospecific interactions should be considered when species' distributions are projected in relation to climate change. Our results provide a caution that managers broadcasting a species' song to increase its abundance should consider the technique's effects on the broader community.

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Settlement in Novel Habitats Induced by Social Information May Disrupt Community Structure

Betts

Nocera

Hadley

2010

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“…The aggression among mammals is a frequent phenomenon (12,13). The aggressive behaviour, like a part of predator defence was well studied in North American ground squirrels (19).…”

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Interspecific Aggressive Behaviour of European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus CitellusL.)

Koshev

2010

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment

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Interspecific behaviour of European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) is still poorly studied. During behavioural studies of free-ranging European ground squirrels tree kinds of aggression to other vertebrate species: reptile, bird and mammal (Lacerta trilineata, Corvus frugilegus, Mustela nivalis) have been described. To our knowledge, this is the first field study describing interspecies aggressive behaviour in S. citellus. The description of this behaviour may have important implications for interpreting studies on interspecies competition and interactions, behaviour activity, and predation in this rear and threatened semi-fossorial rodent.

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“…Competitive interspecific interactions between species have been reported in a variety of animals including insects (Lawton & Hassell, ), fish (Bay, Jones, & McCormick, ), amphibians (Cunningham, Rissler, & Apodaca, ), reptiles (Langkilde & Shine, ; Pacala & Roughgarden, ), mammals (Brown, ; Simeonovska‐Mikolova, ) and birds (Catchpole, ; Robinson & Terborgh, ; Terborgh, ). Such interactions may reflect competition for limited dispersal opportunities, niche space and breeding territories (Jankowski et al., ).…”

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Sexual differentiation and seasonal variation in response to conspecific and heterospecific acoustic signals

2017

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Interspecific territoriality is frequently reported between closely related species; however, few studies have demonstrated interspecific territoriality between distantly related species living in sympatry. We conducted playback experiments to investigate territorial behaviour in male and female White‐bellied Wrens (Uropsila leucogastra) in response to simulated conspecific and heterospecific intruders during the breeding and non‐breeding seasons. We explored whether heterospecific songs of the Happy Wren (Pheugopedius felix), a distantly related species and ecological competitor, elicited antagonistic responses from focal White‐bellied Wrens, and whether such responses differed between the sexes. We also examined whether male and female responses to conspecific and heterospecific rivals varied with season. We found that male White‐bellied Wrens always responded to conspecific song, and responded significantly more to heterospecific song compared to a control stimulus (Tropical Parula, Setophaga pitiayumi). In contrast, although female White‐bellied Wrens responded strongly to conspecific song, their response to heterospecific song did not differ significantly from the control stimulus. The proportion of males that responded to heterospecific songs and the proportion of females that responded to conspecific songs varied seasonally, showing significantly lower responses during the breeding season. The intense responses of male White‐bellied Wrens to playback of heterospecific songs suggest that they recognise ecological competitors based on their vocal signals. Furthermore, the decrease in agonistic interactions during the breeding season is in line with the hypothesis that aggressive behaviour may be detrimental to reproductive and parental activity, and the hypothesis that heterospecific animals pose less of a threat during the breeding season.

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Interspecific social interactions and behavioral responses of Apodemus agrarius and Apodemus flavicollis to conspecific and heterospecific odors

Cited by 24 publications

References 49 publications

Settlement in Novel Habitats Induced by Social Information May Disrupt Community Structure

Settlement in Novel Habitats Induced by Social Information May Disrupt Community Structure

Interspecific Aggressive Behaviour of European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus CitellusL.)

Sexual differentiation and seasonal variation in response to conspecific and heterospecific acoustic signals

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