Seabird's cry: repertoire and vocal expression of contextual valence in the little auk (Alle alle)

AN Osiecka, EF Briefer, D Kidawa… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Many seabird species breed in colonies counting up to hundreds of thousands of
individuals. Life in such crowded colonies might require special coding–decoding systems …

Visitor presence and a changing soundscape, alongside environmental parameters, can predict enclosure usage in captive flamingos

P Rose, A Badman‐King, S Hurn, T Rice - Zoo biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The sound environment of a zoo animal is a complex milieu of animal and human‐
generated sounds; coming from the species itself, other species, visitors, keepers and other …

Avoidance of seismic survey activities by penguins

L Pichegru, R Nyengera, AM McInnes, P Pistorius - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Seismic surveys in search for oil or gas under the seabed, produce the most intense man-
made ocean noise with known impacts on invertebrates, fish and marine mammals. No …

Do penguins' vocal sequences conform to linguistic laws?

L Favaro, M Gamba, E Cresta, E Fumagalli… - Biology …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Information compression is a general principle of human language: the most frequent words
are shorter in length (Zipf's Law of Brevity) and the duration of constituents decreases as the …

Vocal individuality cues in the African penguin (Spheniscus demersus): a source-filter theory approach

L Favaro, M Gamba, C Alfieri, D Pessani… - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
The African penguin is a nesting seabird endemic to southern Africa. In penguins of the
genus Spheniscus vocalisations are important for social recognition. However, it is not clear …

Windy events detection in big bioacoustics datasets using a pre-trained Convolutional Neural Network

F Terranova, L Betti, V Ferrario, O Friard… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which involves using autonomous record units
for studying wildlife behaviour and distribution, often requires handling big acoustic datasets …

Vocal accommodation in penguins (Spheniscus demersus) as a result of social environment

L Baciadonna, C Solvi… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The ability to vary the characteristics of one's voice is a critical feature of human
communication. Understanding whether and how animals change their calls will provide …

Vocal tract shape variation contributes to individual vocal identity in African penguins

L Favaro, A Zanoli, K Ludynia… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Variation in formant frequencies has been shown to affect social interactions and sexual
competition in a range of avian species. Yet, the anatomical bases of this variation are …

Acoustic correlates of body size and individual identity in banded penguins

L Favaro, M Gamba, C Gili, D Pessani - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Animal vocalisations play a role in individual recognition and mate choice. In nesting
penguins, acoustic variation in vocalisations originates from distinctiveness in the …

Cross-modal individual recognition in the African penguin and the effect of partnership

L Baciadonna, C Solvi, S La Cava… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
An animal's ability to recognize another individual by matching their image to their voice
suggests they form internal representations of other individuals. To what extent this ability …