Acoustic divergence in the communication of cryptic species of nocturnal primates (Microcebus ssp.)

Braune, Pia; Schmidt, Sabine; Zimmermann, Elke

doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-19

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“…Male mechanisms to attract females and female mechanisms to signal receptivity are predicted to emphasize acoustic or olfactory tactics in dispersed compared to more aggregated mating systems. [160][161][162] Of course, plasticity in mating systems and sexual conflict is expected. Sexual conflict strategies may vary within mating systems and within species based on such factors as age or rank.…”

Section: A New Framework For Understanding the Expression Of Sexual Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual conflict in primates

Stumpf

Martínez-Mota

Milich

et al. 2011

Evolutionary Anthropology

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Sexual conflict is increasingly recognized as a major force for evolutionary change and holds great potential for delineating variation in primate behavior and morphology. The goals of this review are to highlight the rapidly rising field of sexual conflict and the ongoing shift in our understanding of interactions between the sexes. We discuss the evidence for sexual conflict within the Order Primates, and assess how studies of primates have illuminated and can continue to increase our understanding of sexual conflict and sexual selection. Finally, we introduce a framework for understanding the behavioral, anatomical, and genetic expression of sexual conflict across primate mating systems and suggest directions for future research.

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Section: A New Framework For Understanding the Expression Of Sexual Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual conflict in primates

Stumpf

Martínez-Mota

Milich

et al. 2011

Evolutionary Anthropology

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“…The quantitative description of acoustic structure of loud calls, the established term for prominent and explosive primate vocalizations, can be a powerful, inexpensive, and noninvasive tool for intra-and interspecific comparative analyses, e.g., mouse lemurs (Braune et al 2008;Zimmermann et al 2000), sportive lemurs (Méndez-Cárdenas et al 2008), galagos (Ambrose 2003;Anderson et al 2000;Masters 1991;Zimmermann et al 1988), and tarsiers (Merker and Groves 2006;Nietsch and Kopp 1998), as well as for the reconstruction of phylogeny in cervids (Cap et al 2008), anurans (Lehtinen et al 2011), swifts (Thomassen and Povel 2006), wood-warblers (Farnsworth and Lovette 2008), and different felids (Peters and Tonkin-Leyhausen 1999). In primates, reconstruction of phylogeny based on vocalization has been used for Galagonidae (Zimmermann 1990), Lemuridae (Gamba and Giacoma 2006;Macedonia and Stanger 1994), cheirogaleids (Stanger 1995), as well as for Saimiri (Ploog 1974), Alouatta (Whitehead 1995), Colobus (Oates et al 2000;Oates and Trocco 1983), Cercopithecus (Gautier 1988), and Pongo (Davila-Ross and Geissmann 2007).…”

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Call Repertoire of the Sahamalaza Sportive Lemur, Lepilemur sahamalazensis

Seiler

Schwitzer²,

Holderied

2015

Int J Primatol

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The acoustic structure of primate loud calls can be used as a powerful, inexpensive, and noninvasive tool for intra-and interspecific comparative analyses, reconstruction of phylogeny, and primate surveys. Despite the range of possibilities offered by acoustic analysis, only few studies so far have focused on quantitative descriptions of the acoustic structure of primate loud call repertoires. Here we aimed to assess the vocal repertoire of the solitary Sahamalaza sportive lemur, Lepilemur sahamalazensis, and to investigate potential communication functions. We recorded every sportive lemur vocalization we heard during 1000 h of nocturnal observations of eight collared individuals, as well as opportunistic searches in the Ankarafa Forest, Sahamalaza Peninsula in northwest Madagascar. In addition, we used playback experiments with four call types to clarify call function. We measured both temporal and spectral properties to describe calls quantitatively and used cross-validated discriminant function analysis to validate call types that we identified from a preliminary qualitative inspection of the spectrograms of 107 calls. We identified six distinct loud call types with the possibility of a seventh call type, with six loud call types similar to those of Lepilemur edwardsi and two loud call types similar to those of four other sportive lemur species. The described call types most likely function in mate advertisement, offspring care, and territorial defense. Future studies of loud calling of the Sahamalaza sportive lemur are needed to clarify if certain call types are sex specific and if loud calls could be used for recognition of individuals to enable noninvasive density measurements and species monitoring.

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“…One of the easiest modes of behavior to study among the nocturnal species has been their vocal communication system. Consequently, more attention has been giv-en to their vocalizations than to other harder-to-study aspects of their behavior [Zimmermann and Lerch, 1993;Zimmermann et al, 2000;Ambrose, 2003;Becker et al, 2003;Merker and Groves, 2006;Rovero et al, 2006;Bearder, 2007;Braune et al, 2008;Méndez-Cárdenas and Zimmermann, 2009;Hilgartner et al, 2012;Kappeler, 2012;Ramsier et al, 2012;Gursky-Doyen, 2013]. In addition to providing a clearer understanding of taxonomy, the vocalization studies of the nocturnal primates have also been useful for understanding various aspects of predation [Gursky, 2006], mating behavior, territoriality and even paternity [Kessler et al, 2012].…”

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Ultrasonic Vocalizations by the Spectral Tarsier, Tarsius spectrum

Gursky¹

2015

IJFP

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Although the vocalizations of spectral tarsiers have been studied for over 3 decades by numerous primatologists, the data in this paper represent the first evidence that this species communicates in the ultrasonic range. In addition, this paper characterizes the types of ultrasonic vocalizations by spectral tarsiers, Tarsius spectrum. Data were collected at Tangkoko Nature Reserve in Sulawesi, Indonesia, from January through April 2013. Recordings were made on a Wildlife Acoustics Ultrasonic Song Meter BAT2 from 10 groups of varying sizes and compositions. The ultrasonic recorder was placed at the base of the group's sleeping tree and recorded from 5.00 to 7.00 h using an omnidirectional microphone. The ultrasonic vocalizations fell into 5 main categories: chirps, twitters, choruses, doubles and whistles. Chirps were the most frequent ultrasonic vocalizations, followed by twitters, choruses, doubles and then whistles. While chirps, twitters and choruses extended from the audible to the ultrasonic range, the doubles and whistles were pure ultrasound. Currently, the function of these ultrasonic vocalizations is not yet clear and requires additional research.

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Acoustic divergence in the communication of cryptic species of nocturnal primates (Microcebus ssp.)

Cited by 103 publications

References 57 publications

Sexual conflict in primates

Sexual conflict in primates

Call Repertoire of the Sahamalaza Sportive Lemur, Lepilemur sahamalazensis

Ultrasonic Vocalizations by the Spectral Tarsier, Tarsius spectrum

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