- Individual Recognition between Siblings of the Young Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)
- ㆍ 저자명
- Chung. Hoon,Lee. Hyun-Jung,Park. Shi-Ryong
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 한국생태학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2002년|25권 6호|pp.365-369 (5 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국생태학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
We had 18 eggs artificially hatched in a mass breeding place of black-tailed gulls and examined the individual recognition between young siblings in a laboratory environment. The results of the experiment showed that the young gulls selectively responded to their siblings and non-siblings at an early stage after hatching. It was shown that they began to recognize the begging call among the voice signals of siblings and non-siblings 15-16 days after hatching, and the chirirah call 11-12 days after hatching. Also, more significant results were shown with the chirirah call than with the begging call. In an experiment of visual recognition between siblings and non-siblings, the young black-tailed gulls approached their siblings significantly 9-10 days after hatching. The recognition between young siblings in a mass breeding place provides an important evolutionary indicator in terms of their social behaviors.