Duetting as a collective behavior

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dc.contributor.authorLogue, David M.
dc.contributor.authorKrupp, Daniel B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T21:11:10Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T21:11:10Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionSherpa Romeo green journal. Open access article. Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) applies.en_US
dc.description.abstractMated birds of many species vocalize together, producing duets. Duetting behavior occurs at two levels of organization: the individual level and the pair level. Individuals initiate vocalizations, answer their mates’ vocalizations, and control the structure and timing of their own vocalizations. Pairs produce duets that vary with respect to duration, temporal coordination, and phrase-type combinations, among other properties. To make sense of this hierarchical structure, organize duetting research, and identify new avenues of investigation, we advocate a “collective behavior” approach to the study of duets. We critically review key terminology in the duetting literature in light of this approach, and elucidate six insights that emerge from the collective behavior approach: (1) Individual-level behaviors describe pair-level behaviors, but the opposite is not true; (2) The level of organization informs how we test for the rules that govern behavior; (3) Functional hypotheses about duetting must distinguish individual from group characters; (4) Stimulus-response, cybernetics, and entrainment offer alternative hypotheses for the cognitive control of duetting behavior; (5) Avian duetting has the potential to be a model system for the ontogeny of vocal interaction; and (6) The collective behavior approach suggests new avenues of research. Ultimately, we argue that nearly every aspect of duetting research stands to benefit from adopting a collective behavior approach. This approach also has applications to other forms of interactive vocal communication in birds and primates, including humans.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationLogue, D. M., & Krupp, D. B. (2016). Duetting as a collective behavior. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 7. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00007en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5703
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundationen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.publisher.institutionQueen's Universityen_US
dc.publisher.institutionOne Earth Future Foundationen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2016.00007
dc.subjectAnimal communicationen_US
dc.subjectChorusen_US
dc.subjectConversationen_US
dc.subjectCountersingingen_US
dc.subjectCyberneticsen_US
dc.subjectCausalityen_US
dc.subjectFemale songen_US
dc.subjectLevels of organizationen_US
dc.subjectAvian duetting
dc.subject.lcshBirds--Behavior
dc.subject.lcshBirdsongs
dc.titleDuetting as a collective behavioren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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