Influence of season and social context on male giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) vocal behaviour
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Benjamin D. Charlton aff001; Megan A. Owen aff001; Xiaoping Zhou aff002; Hemin Zhang aff002; Ronald R. Swaisgood aff001
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Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global, San Diego, California, United States of America
aff001; China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong, Sichuan, China
aff002
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PLoS ONE 14(11)
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Research Article
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225772
Souhrn
Documenting the different social and behavioural contexts that vocalisations are produced in remains an important step towards understanding the functional relevance of specific call types in a given species’ vocal repertoire. In this study we investigated whether seasonal differences and the presence or absence of male and female conspecifics influence the production of male giant panda vocal signals. To this end, captive male giant pandas were observed during and outside of the breeding season in three social contexts: only male conspecific neighbours, only female conspecific neighbours, and a context with no neighbours. We found that males were more likely to bleat, chirp, honk and moan during the breeding season, and showed a tendency to growl more outside of the reproductive period. The contextual analysis revealed that bleats were more likely to be produced by males when opposite-sexed conspecifics are in close attendance during the breeding season. Conversely, males were more likely to chirp when neighboured by males than females or no neighbours. In addition, males were more likely to honk in the absence of neighbouring conspecifics during the breeding season, raising the possibility that these calls function to signal location and gain the attention of potential mates. Moans were produced more often when male giant pandas had male than female neighbours during the breeding season, which may reflect mild aggression towards these same-sexed rivals, whereas the production of barks and growls did not vary according to season or the sex of conspecific neighbours. Our findings underscore the importance of male giant panda bleats for coordinating reproduction and promoting contact with potential mating partners in this non-gregarious species, and yield fresh insights into the function of male honks that warrant further investigation. They also provide a basis for comparison with free-ranging giant panda vocal behaviour that could potentially inform conservation efforts.
Klíčová slova:
Bioacoustics – Acoustics – Acoustic signals – Audio signal processing – Animal sexual behavior – Giant pandas – Animal husbandry – Vocalization
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