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- 2Campbell, Kimberley A.
- 2Hahn, Allison H.
- 2Sturdy, Christopher B.
- 1Hoang, J.
- 1McMillan, Neil
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2016-01-01
Campbell, Kimberley A., Sturdy, Christopher B., Hahn, Allison H., Congdon, Jenna V.
Sex differences have been identified in a number of black-capped chickadee vocalizations and in the chick-a-dee calls of other chickadee species [i.e., Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis)]. In the current study, 12 acoustic features in black-capped chickadee chick-a-dee calls were...
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Chickadee behavioural response to varying threat levels of heterospecific and conspecific calls
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Chickadees produce many vocalizations, including the chick-a-dee call that they use as a mobbing call in the presence of predators. Previous research has shown that chickadees produce more D notes in their mobbing calls in response to high-threat predators compared to low-threat predators, and...
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2017-04-05
McMillan, Neil, Hahn, Allison H., Congdon, Jenna V., Campbell, Kimberley A., Hoang, J., Scully, Erin N., Spetch, Marcia L., Sturdy, Christopher B.
Chickadees are high-metabolism, non-migratory birds, and thus an especially interesting model for studying how animals follow patterns of food availability over time. Here, we studied whether black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) could learn to reverse their behavior and/or to anticipate...