What can we learn from the bird song?
Il 21/06/2016 ore 11.00 - 12.30
Ise-Cnr Istituto per lo studio degli ecosistemi
Largo Tonolli 50, 28922 Verbania Pallanza
Seminario di Tereza Petrusková (Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague)
Bird song has attracted people for ages. It has inspired numerous artists (especially in music) and music sheets together with verbal descriptions were also at the beginning of its research. Two main functions of the bird song, mate attraction and territory defence, were discovered and proven many years ago. However, fast development of technical equipment and availability of bioacoustic software allow us to discover much more subtle details about bird songs. Song variation among bird taxa is enormous and therefore it is difficult to discover any general rules that would fit most species. However, there are some more widespread phenomena, studying of which are particularly promising. The aim of this talk is to present at least some of them, in which Dr Petruskovà is involved. For example, she will show how the birdsong can encode quality of the singer, how birds can assess aggressive motivation of an opponent by listening his singing or how and why passerines are able of individual recognition. At the end of the talk, Dr Petruskovà will focus at the potential use of the bird song in conservation biology and behavioral studies.
Organizzato da:
Cnr Ise - Istituto per lo studio degli ecosistemi
Referente organizzativo:
Marina M. Manca
CNR - Istituto per lo studio degli ecosistemi
segreteria@ise.cnr.it
0323 518300
Modalità di accesso: ingresso libero
Vedi anche: