Body size and sexual selection shaped the evolution of parrot calls. (25th February 2022)
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- Body size and sexual selection shaped the evolution of parrot calls. (25th February 2022)
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- Body size and sexual selection shaped the evolution of parrot calls
- Authors:
- Marcolin, Fabio
Cardoso, Gonçalo C.
Bento, Daniel
Reino, Luís
Santana, Joana - Abstract:
- Abstract: Morphology, habitat and various selective pressures (e.g. social and sexual selection) can influence the evolution of acoustic signals, but the relative importance of their effects is not well understood. The order Psittaciformes (parrots, sensu lato ) is a large clade of very vocal and often gregarious species for which large‐scale comparative studies of vocalizations are lacking. We measured acoustic traits (duration, sound frequency, frequency bandwidth and sound entropy) of the predominant call type for >200 parrot species to test: (1) for associations with body size; (2) the acoustic adaptation hypothesis (AAH) (predicting differences between forest and open‐habitat species); (3) the social complexity hypothesis (predicting more complex calls in gregarious species) and (4) influences of sexual selection (predicting correlated evolution with colour ornamentation). Larger species had on average longer calls, lower sound frequency and wider frequency bandwidth. These associations with body size are all predicted by physical principles of sound production. We found no evidence for the acoustic adaptation and social complexity hypotheses, but perhaps social complexity is associated with vocal traits not studied here, such as call repertoire sizes. More sexually dichromatic species had on average simpler calls (shorter, with lower entropy and narrower frequency bandwidth) indicating an influence of sexual selection, namely an evolutionary negative correlationAbstract: Morphology, habitat and various selective pressures (e.g. social and sexual selection) can influence the evolution of acoustic signals, but the relative importance of their effects is not well understood. The order Psittaciformes (parrots, sensu lato ) is a large clade of very vocal and often gregarious species for which large‐scale comparative studies of vocalizations are lacking. We measured acoustic traits (duration, sound frequency, frequency bandwidth and sound entropy) of the predominant call type for >200 parrot species to test: (1) for associations with body size; (2) the acoustic adaptation hypothesis (AAH) (predicting differences between forest and open‐habitat species); (3) the social complexity hypothesis (predicting more complex calls in gregarious species) and (4) influences of sexual selection (predicting correlated evolution with colour ornamentation). Larger species had on average longer calls, lower sound frequency and wider frequency bandwidth. These associations with body size are all predicted by physical principles of sound production. We found no evidence for the acoustic adaptation and social complexity hypotheses, but perhaps social complexity is associated with vocal traits not studied here, such as call repertoire sizes. More sexually dichromatic species had on average simpler calls (shorter, with lower entropy and narrower frequency bandwidth) indicating an influence of sexual selection, namely an evolutionary negative correlation between colour ornamentation and elaborate acoustic signals, as predicted by the transference hypothesis. Our study is the first large‐scale attempt at understanding acoustic diversity across the Psittaciformes, and indicates that body size and sexual selection influenced the evolution of species differences in vocal signals. Abstract : Across parrot species, body size correlates with longer calls, lower sound frequency and wider frequency bandwidths, while sexual dichromatiam correlates negatively with various aspects of call complexity, as predicted by the transference hypothesis for the evolution of different sexual signals. Photos credits: © Wikimedia common. … (more)
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- Journal of evolutionary biology. Volume 35:Number 3(2022)
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- Journal of evolutionary biology
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- Volume 35:Number 3(2022)
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- Volume 35, Issue 3 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 35
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0035-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 439
- Page End:
- 450
- Publication Date:
- 2022-02-25
- Subjects:
- acoustic adaptation hypothesis -- Psittaciformes -- social complexity hypothesis -- transference hypothesis -- vocal traits
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- 10.1111/jeb.13986 ↗
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- 1010-061X
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