Abstract:Gibbons (Hylobatidae) sing loudly, reaching over a hundred Decibels - about the sound level of a rock concert. Qualitative observations report that, during song climaxes, individuals move in a coordinated way with their singing. We hypothesizethat vigorous thorax-loading movements such as brachiation induce physical constraints on the respiratory-vocal system. This coordination and possibly underlying biomechanics have never been studied, leaving a blind spot for a possible sharedvariance between vocal and loc… Show more
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