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Individual acoustic monitoring of songbirds - case study on the tree pipit
Pišvejcová, Iveta ; Petrusková, Tereza (advisor) ; Linhart, Pavel (referee)
In field behavioural and ecological studies, it is often necessary to identify specific individuals. In birds, colour rings are often used as individual marks. However, rings might be difficult to observe, especially in small species and dense habitats. Thus recently, individual acoustic monitoring is becoming more commonly used to study of birds. This method is based on the recognition of individuals and often on the difference between temporal and spectral parameters of their vocalizations. However, in passerine species with more complex song these acoustic characteristics may not be reliable. In my thesis I used an alternative approach for the individual acoustic monitoring, based on differences in syllable repertoires of individual Tree Pipit males (Anthus trivialis). So far I have not found any study that would use a similar approach with other migratory passerine species with more complex song. The main aim of my study was to test the possibility of using syllable repertoires for recognition of specific individuals and to determine if this method is more efficient than identification by colour banding. From four years of research on the Tree Pipits population in the selected location in Brdy I received acoustic data from 59 males that I subsequently analyzed in a bioacoustic program. The...
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Variability of specific structures Tree Pipit
Kozlová, Zuzana ; Petrusková, Tereza (advisor) ; Musilová, Zuzana (referee)
Primary function of birdsong is for territorial defense or attraction of females. Birdsong also contains much more other information and can be used to inform males and females about quality of singing bird. It was demonstrated, that for different bird species condition of male correlates with what structures of birdsong are produced. More complex structures are produced by superior males. Females of some species prefer males with ability to produce more complex structures. This work deals with structures of singing of the tree pipit species (Anthus trivialis). These structures are also known as trills. It is assumed, that trills may contain some information about quality of male, which can be evaluated by males and females. Birdsong of tree pipit contains two types of trills - loud and soft. Loud trills are used in aggressive interactions between two males. Soft trills are not used in aggresive context and they differ in consistency - regularity, that can be expressed as tempo of trill. When measuring tempo of trills for every tree pipit male, the tempo is different among males and also correlates with their ability to maintain stable territory over the entire nestling season. Males with faster (more consistent) tempo of trill had stable territory, while males with slower (irregular) tempo of...
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Individual acoustic monitoring of songbirds - case study on the tree pipit
Pišvejcová, Iveta ; Petrusková, Tereza (advisor) ; Linhart, Pavel (referee)
In field behavioural and ecological studies, it is often necessary to identify specific individuals. In birds, colour rings are often used as individual marks. However, rings might be difficult to observe, especially in small species and dense habitats. Thus recently, individual acoustic monitoring is becoming more commonly used to study of birds. This method is based on the recognition of individuals and often on the difference between temporal and spectral parameters of their vocalizations. However, in passerine species with more complex song these acoustic characteristics may not be reliable. In my thesis I used an alternative approach for the individual acoustic monitoring, based on differences in syllable repertoires of individual Tree Pipit males (Anthus trivialis). So far I have not found any study that would use a similar approach with other migratory passerine species with more complex song. The main aim of my study was to test the possibility of using syllable repertoires for recognition of specific individuals and to determine if this method is more efficient than identification by colour banding. From four years of research on the Tree Pipits population in the selected location in Brdy I received acoustic data from 59 males that I subsequently analyzed in a bioacoustic program. The...
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