兽类学报2025，Vol.45Issue(6)：723-742,20.DOI:10.16829/j.slxb.151099
小型哺乳动物报警鸣叫的产生与进化适应:研究进展与展望
The production and evolutionary adaptation of alarm calls in small mam-mals:research progress and prospect
摘要
Abstract
Alarm calls are a key communication behavior for animals to defend against risks,especially in response to predation threats.The study of their adaptation and evolution is of great significance for understanding the evolution of signal structure in animal vocal communication(including human language)as well as the mechanisms of signal recogni-tion and cognition.Over the years,our understanding about the nature of alarm calls has continued to mature.Simulta-neously,the function of alarm calls in conveying information in animal social interactions has been widely recognized.However,it remains unclear the production and driving mechanisms of alarm calls,not only the encoding and transmis-sion of vocalization information but also their impact on multi-level response patterns of receivers.In recent years,with the rapid development of acoustic monitoring,digital signal processing,and artificial intelligence deep learning technolo-gies,research on alarm calls has expanded from discriptive patterns description to a theoretical integration,validation,and mechanistic elucidation.Here,we review studies on alarm calls in small mammals over the past 20 years and briefly outline the research connotations and methods of alarm call communication.From the perspectives of call or vocaliza-tion production and adaptation,we summarize the research progress on the risk-driven effects of alarm vocalization infor-mation encoding,as well as the current status of research on the impacts of individual identity characteristics,such as age(body size),sex,and social attributes and habitat features on alarm calling.We also systematically summarize various natural selection theories and their controversies regarding the evolutionary adaptation of alarm calls.Finally,based on current application context,we discuss and prospect some key issues on the vocalization and response mechanisms and functional evolutionary adaptation of alarm calls in small mammals for the future.关键词
报警鸣叫/信息编码/个体身份效应/栖息地效应/自然选择Key words
Alarm call/Information encoding/Individual identity effect/Habitat effect/Natural selection分类
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TIAN Linchu,LI Qiangyun,FU Heping,XIAO Zhishu,YUAN Shuai,LIU Wei..小型哺乳动物报警鸣叫的产生与进化适应:研究进展与展望[J].兽类学报,2025,45(6):723-742,20.基金项目
国家重点研发计划项目(2024YFD1400502) （2024YFD1400502）
国家自然科学基金重大项目(32090024) （32090024）
中国科学院动物研究所自主部署项目(2024IOZ0105) （2024IOZ0105）
动物多样性保护与有害动物防控全国重点实验室自主部署项目(SKLA2507) （SKLA2507）
