Chimpanzees extract social information from agonistic screams.
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) agonistic screams are graded vocal signals that are produced in a context-specific manner. Screams given by aggressors and victims can be discriminated based on their acoustic structure but the mechanisms of listener comprehension of these calls are currently unknown. In...
Main Authors: | Katie E Slocombe, Tanja Kaller, Josep Call, Klaus Zuberbühler |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-07-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2904366?pdf=render |
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