Discrimination of toad calls by smooth newts: support for the heterospecific attraction hypothesis

被引:33
作者
Pupin, Fabio [1 ]
Sacchi, Roberto [1 ]
Gentilli, Augusto [1 ]
Galeotti, Paolo [1 ]
Fasola, Mauro [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Pavia, Dipartimento Biol Anim, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
关键词
heterospecific attraction hypothesis; Lissotriton vulgaris; orientation; phonotaxis; playback experiment; smooth newt; urodeles;
D O I
10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.03.020
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The 'heterospecific attraction hypothesis' (HAH) has been proposed to describe interactions between migrant and resident birds where migrants may indirectly select habitats using the presence/absence of residents. This hypothesis might be extended to other taxa, such as amphibians, which migrate yearly to breeding sites, sharing them with other species. However, the ability of amphibians to be cue-users is not quite obvious as for birds, and must be assessed first. Therefore, in this study we investigated how smooth newts, Lissotriton vulgaris, oriented facing two known species (the common toad, Bufo bufo, and the green toad, Pseudoepidalea viridis) and whether they oriented preferentially towards the calls of species that indicate the more suitable pond for breeding (B. bufo). Newts showed positive phonotactic responses for both species but clearly oriented towards B. bufo when the playbacks of the two toads were presented simultaneously. Our results support the idea that the 'HAH' might be extended to other taxa than birds. (c) 2007 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1683 / 1690
页数:8
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