Call combinations, vocal exchanges and interparty movement in wild bonobos
| Autor: | Isaac Schamberg, Zanna Clay, Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney, Gottfried Hohmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Communication biology Fission fusion Movement (music) business.industry Repertoire Bonobo 05 social sciences Foraging biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Pan paniscus Young age 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Animal Science and Zoology 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Vocal flexibility business Psychology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Animal Behaviour. 122:109-116 |
| ISSN: | 0003-3472 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.10.003 |
| Popis: | The vocal repertoire of nonhuman primates is largely fixed. Individuals produce their species-specific vocalizations from a young age, and do not acquire new call types over their lifetime. Despite these limitations, however, monkeys and apes are able to increase their vocal flexibility in several ways, including subtle acoustic modification, call combinations, turn-taking and call persistence. Although primates have been observed to utilize these communicative features, the extent to which they integrate these abilities is not known. Here we show that certain long-distance calls produced by wild bonobos, Pan paniscus, assimilate several aspects of vocal flexibility in ways not previously documented in nonhuman primates. Communication between foraging parties exhibits context-specific call combinations relating to the movement of caller, call modifications that potentially target particular individuals, call-and-answer exchanges in which the initial caller's behaviour depends on the listener's reply, and possible persistence in call production. The selective pressure exerted by bonobos' fission–fusion social structure has likely favoured the integration of these communicative capabilities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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