The Relationship between Dominance and Vocal Communication in the Male Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)

Sex-specific calls are used in male-male agonistic encounters and male-female courtship in many animal species. The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a gregarious Malagasy strepsirhine with twenty-two distinct vocalizations for adults, including two male-specific vocalizations and an additional voc...

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Main Author: Bolt, Laura McLachlan
Other Authors: Lehman, Shawn M.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43492