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Vocal communication in rails - the use of syntactic signals to encode information during intra-sexual and inter-sexual interactions.

2011/03/D/NZ8/02133

Keywords:

conventional communication coding schemes signal evolution arbitrary coding syntax temporal patterns of calls rails Rallidae

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_3: Animal behaviour
  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Wydział Biologii

woj. wielkopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Paweł Ręk 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: SONATA 2 - announced on 2011-09-15

Amount awarded: 942 844 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2012-08-31

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2015-08-30

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. 8-kanałowa karta audio RME MULTIFACE II z zewnętrznymi kartami HDSP ExpressCard (2 szt.) (8 920 PLN)
  2. głośnik bezprzewodowy (4 szt.) (8 000 PLN)
  3. oprogramowanie Avisoft SASLab Recorder (2 szt.) (9 900 PLN)
  4. rejestrator Roland Edirol R-26 (2 szt.) (3 600 PLN)
  5. kamera Canon XA10 (2 szt.) (20 600 PLN)
  6. oprogramowanie Avisoft SASLab Pro (2 szt.) (13 500 PLN)
  7. słuchawki (1 000 PLN)
  8. komputer przenośny Lenovo (2 szt.) (16 000 PLN)
  9. mikrofon paraboliczny (2 szt.) (5 360 PLN)
  10. zestaw przenośny Sennheiser do zdalnego rejestrowania i nadawania dźwięków (2 szt.) (264 888 PLN)
  11. zewnętrzny dysk twardy (3 000 PLN)
  12. Oprogramowanie MATLAB (2 250 PLN)
  13. mikrofon z osłoną przeciwwietrzną i uchwytem do montażu (16 szt.) (77 600 PLN)
  14. oprogramowanie NOLDUS Observer XT 10.5 (45 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. Do aggressive signals evolve towards higher reliability or lower costs of assessment?
    Authors:
    Paweł Ręk
    Academic press:
    Journal of Evolutionary Biology (rok: 2014, tom: 27, strony: 2605-2613), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/jeb.12512 - link to the publication
  2. Acoustic location of conspecifics in a nocturnal bird: the corncrake Crex crex
    Authors:
    Paweł Ręk
    Academic press:
    Acta Ethologica (rok: 2014, tom: 17, strony: 31-35), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10211-013-0155-3 - link to the publication
  3. High functional complexity despite an extremely small repertoire of calls in the Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
    Authors:
    Paweł Ręk
    Academic press:
    The Auk (rok: 2015, tom: 132, strony: 613-623), Wydawca: American Ornithologists' Union
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1642/AUK-14-267.1 - link to the publication
  4. Corncrake males learn new signal meanings during aggressive interactions
    Authors:
    Paweł Ręk
    Academic press:
    Animal Behaviour (rok: 2013, tom: 86, strony: 451-457), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.042 - link to the publication