Date of Award:
5-1-1970
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Biology
Department name when degree awarded
Zoology
Committee Chair(s)
Keith L. Dixon
Committee
Keith L. Dixon
Committee
D. M. Hammond
Committee
D. F. Balph
Abstract
The development of selected vocalizations of hand-reared Black-Capped Chickadees (Parus atricapillus) was described and compared to the ontongeny of vocal signals of wild-reared juveniles. The adultlike vocalizations given by laboratory-reared juveniles, six weeks after hatching, were similar to the vocalizations of adults reared in the wild. The chickadee-dee, contact-flight, and the fright calls all appear to be derived from the begging call given by the nestlings. Songs may be derived from the chickadee-dee call precursor, however.
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Vivian Telford, "The Development of Selected Vocalization of the Hand-Reared Black-Capped Chickadees" (1970). Biology. 369.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd_biology/369
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