Production of food-associated calls in wild male chimpanzees is dependent on the composition of the audience

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1959-1966

  Slocombe, Katie E ^c,d   Kaller, Tanja ^c,d   Turman, Laurel ^d   Townsend, Simon W ^a,d   Papworth, Sarah ^b,d   Squibbs, Paul ^d   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d BUDONGO CONSERVATION FIELD STATION   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Audience effect; Call production; Chimpanzee; Food associated call; Grooming; Social bonding; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROOMING; HOMINID; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; PAN;

EID: 78449284459     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1006-0     Document Type: Article

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