Temporal Preferences versus Song Learning Across Populations of Ormia ochracea

Ormia ochracea 种群的时间偏好与歌曲学习

• 批准号: NE/X007146/1
• 负责人: James Windmill
• 金额: $ 1.36万
• 依托单位: University of Strathclyde
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FX007146%2F1
• 关键词: Temporal; Preferences; versus; Song; Learning

EPSRC : Brendan Latham : EP/T517938/1This project will measure the behavioural responses in a certain fly species, 'Ormia ochracea', to a variety of cricket mating songs, and from geographically separated North American populations of the fly. This type of fly attacks crickets so that their larvae may feed and mature within the cricket's body. They locate the cricket's position by following the cricket's unique mating song. Each song is very different, especially in its time-pattern (number of chirps etc). Experiments in the wild have shown that the fly populations will show distinct preferences even when all the cricket songs are equally available. How it is the flies are preferentially choosing dissimilar songs is not yet known. The research project will address this research gap by measuring fly preferences in the laboratory. It is expected this project will help us find out whether the fly populations are tuned differently to certain song patterns.

EPSRC：Brendan Latham：EP/T517938/1这个项目将衡量某种飞蝇物种“ Ormia ochracea”中的行为反应，从各种板球交配歌曲中，以及从地理上分离的苍蝇中。这种类型的苍蝇攻击板球，使它们的幼虫可以在板球的体内进食和成熟。他们通过跟随板球的独特交配歌曲来定位板球的位置。每首歌都非常不同，尤其是在时间图案中（鸣叫数量等）。野外的实验表明，即使所有板球歌曲都同样可用，飞群也会表现出独特的偏好。果蝇是如何选择不同的歌曲的。该研究项目将通过测量实验室的苍蝇偏好来解决这一研究差距。预计该项目将有助于我们找出飞行种群是否对某些歌曲模式进行了不同的调整。