Call order within vocal sequences of meerkats contains temporary contextual and individual information

Abstract Background The ability to recombine smaller units to produce infinite structures of higher-order phrases is unique to human language, yet evidence of animals to combine multiple acoustic units into meaningful combinations increases constantly. Despite increasing evidence for meaningful call...

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Main Authors: Ramona Rauber, Bart Kranstauber, Marta B. Manser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-020-00847-8