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Article Dans Une Revue Behavioural Processes Année : 2018

Consistency of female preference for male song in the domestic canary using two measures: Operant conditioning and vocal response

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Variation of female preferences is often reported in the literature and could be related to an artefact derived from multiple different methods used. Thus, there is a need to evaluate the influence of different methods when assessing female preferences. The present study aims to compare female preferences obtained from an operant conditioning test and from female vocal responses to male song in the domestic canary (Serinus canaria). In an operant conditioning test, females had the possibility to choose between two keys; a peck on one key elicited a supposed very attractive canary song while a peck on the other key elicited a less attractive song. Meanwhile, female vocal responses were recorded. Our results revealed that female canaries preferred to peck on the key eliciting the attractive song and that they emitted more copulation calls in response to the attractive song compared to the less attractive song. This study shows the congruence of these two methods and further suggests that they are reliable to study female preferences in laboratory conditions.
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Pauline Salvin, Sébastien Derégnaucourt, Gérard Leboucher, Mathieu Amy. Consistency of female preference for male song in the domestic canary using two measures: Operant conditioning and vocal response. Behavioural Processes, 2018, 157, pp.238-243. ⟨10.1016/j.beproc.2018.10.004⟩. ⟨hal-02014219⟩
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