SONG TRANSITION NETWORKS ALLOW VISUALIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF BIRDSONG SEQUENCES

Paloma Sanchez-Jauregui, Carlos J. Gomez, Orlando Medina, David M. Logue

Song Sequences

Song Type

Individual A Individual B

• 1999• Described song sequences

Song Number

birds.cornell.edu

Molles and Vehrencamp et al, 1999

Sasahara et al. 2012, PLoS ONE.,

Weiss et al. Proc. Royal Society B, 2014

Playback study

Field Recordings6 male warblers4 days per male

Courtesy of Orlando Barrios

Orlando Medina

From Song Sequence to Network

C D

A A B

C

A

A B

C

DC

A

A B

C

DC

AA

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C

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AA

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C

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AA

B

C

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C

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D

C

AA

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DA A B C D C

Proportion of song used for interaction:

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Post - DawnPre - Dawn

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K F

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IK

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Triads

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Shortest Path

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Shortest Path

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K F

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Betweenness Centrality

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Betweenness Centrality

Conclusions

Visualize large amounts of information in simple and intuitive manner

Use network metrics to characterize singing modes

Look for individual differences

Combine all of the males’ songs in one network

Future Analyses

Acknowledgements

Acoustic Communication Laboratory