Degradation of song in a species using nesting holes: the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

The habitat, but also the nest hole of a hole-nesting species, will degrade the song during transmission. We investigated how the sounds degrade in a sound transmission experiment with the song of the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Muscicapidae). Ten different song elements were transmitted to microphones placed inside and outside a nest box. On average, song degradation was much greater inside than outside the nest boxes, especially with respect to excess attenuation and blurring of the song elements. Being inside a nest box therefore strongly reduces a Pied Flycatcher's possibility of detecting and recognizing songs or eavesdropping on singing interactions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Lampe,Helene M., Dabelsteen,Torben, Larsen,Ole N., Pedersen,Simon B.
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2004
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652004000200012
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