Vocalizations of the giant mole-rat (Fukomys mechowii), a subterranean rodent with the richest vocal repertoire

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F13%3A43885515" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/13:43885515 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2012.712749" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2012.712749</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2012.712749" target="_blank" >10.1080/09524622.2012.712749</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Vocalizations of the giant mole-rat (Fukomys mechowii), a subterranean rodent with the richest vocal repertoire

Original language description

In subterranean ecotope, where absence of light and ventilation limits visual and olfactory communication, options for long-range communication are restricted. Sound is thus one of the few channels available for transfer of the intraspecific informationif the animals are not in direct contact. Nevertheless, even this kind of communication is limited by the acoustic conditions of the burrows. It is known that low-frequency sounds are best propagated here. In our study, we describe the vocal repertoire of the social subterranean rodent, the giant mole-rat (Fukomys mechowii, Bathyergidae), from mesic Afrotropics. Its vocal repertoire is shifted to lower frequencies than in other subterranean rodents. The giant mole-rat has the richest vocal repertoire among all subterranean rodents studied so far. In four behavioural contexts, we distinguished 14 single sounds of true vocalization and four types of mechanical communication. Additionally, one seismic (soil-borne) signal of unclear functio

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP506%2F11%2F1512" target="_blank" >GAP506/11/1512: Into the underground: Comparative study of rodents with different level of adaptation to subterranean life.</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Bioacoustics - The International JOurnal of Animal Sound and its Recording

ISSN

0952-4622

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

87-107

UT code for WoS article

000325097000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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