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Vocal discrimination of potential mates by female giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
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posted on 2023-06-08, 13:24 authored by Benjamin D Charlton, Yan Huang, Ronald R SwaisgoodIn the current study, we used male giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) bleats in a habituation–discrimination paradigm to determine whether females discriminate between the vocalizations of different males. We found that females habituated to the bleats of a specific male showed a significant dishabituation when they were presented with bleats from a novel male. Further playbacks, in which we standardized the mean fundamental frequency (pitch) and amplitude modulation of male bleats, indicated that amplitude modulation is the key feature that females attend to when discriminating between male callers. Our results show that female giant pandas can discriminate between the vocalizations of potential mates and provide a platform for further studies investigating the functional role of caller identity in giant panda sexual communication
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Biology LettersISSN
1744-9561External DOI
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5Volume
5Page range
597-599Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2012-11-14Usage metrics
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