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Title: | Possible use of heterospecific food-associated calls of macaques by sika deer for foraging efficiency. |
Authors: | Koda, Hiroki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0927-3473 (unconfirmed) |
Author's alias: | 香田, 啓貴 |
Keywords: | Heterospecific signals Polyspecific association Inter-species communication |
Issue Date: | Sep-2012 |
Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
Journal title: | Behavioural processes |
Volume: | 91 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start page: | 30 |
End page: | 34 |
Abstract: | Heterospecific communication signals sometimes convey relevant information for animal survival. For example, animals use or eavesdrop on heterospecific alarm calls concerning common predators. Indeed, most observations have been reported regarding anti-predator strategies. Use of heterospecific signals has rarely been observed as part of a foraging strategy. Here, I report empirical evidence, collected using playback experiments, showing that Japanese sika deer, Cevus nippon, use heterospecific food calls of Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata yakui, for foraging efficiency. The deer and macaques both inhabit the wild forest of Yakushima Island with high population densities and share many food items. Anecdotal observations suggest that deer often wait to browse fruit falls under the tree where a macaque group is foraging. Furthermore, macaques frequently produce food calls during their foraging. If deer effectively obtain fruit from the leftovers of macaques, browsing fruit fall would provide a potential benefit to the deer, and, further, deer are likely to associate macaque food calls with feeding activity. The results showed that playback of macaque food calls under trees gathered significantly more deer than silence control periods. These results suggest that deer can associate macaque food calls with foraging activities and use heterospecific calls for foraging efficiency. |
Rights: | © 2012 Elsevier B.V. この論文は著者最終稿です。内容が印刷版と異なることがありますので、引用の際には出版社版をご確認ご利用ください。This is the Accepted Author Manuscript. Please cite only the published version. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2433/160103 |
DOI(Published Version): | 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.05.006 |
PubMed ID: | 22641112 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal Articles |
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