The relationship between duet songs and pair bonds in siamangs, Hylobates syndactylus

Geissmann, Thomas; Orgeldinger, Mathias

doi:10.1006/anbe.2000.1540

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“…The vocal systems of the 300 primate species remain understudied, but we have detailed reports of vocal turn-taking or alternating duetting from all the major branches of the family: (i) from the lemurs, Lepilemur edwardsi [53], (ii) from New World monkeys the common marmoset Callithrix jacchus [54,55], the pygmy marmoset Cebuella pygmaea [56], the coppery titi Callicebus cupreus [57], and squirrel monkeys of the Saimiri genus [58]; (iii) from the Old World monkeys Campbell's monkey Cercopithecus campbelli [59], and (iv) from the lesser apes, siamangs Hylobates syndactylus [60,61]. One can expect that many other cases are yet to be reported.…”

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Turn-taking in Human Communication – Origins and Implications for Language Processing

Levinson

2016

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

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Turn-taking in Human Communication – Origins and Implications for Language Processing

Levinson

2016

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

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“…The majority of research on call bouts has focused on the stereotyped sequences of calls produced by many species as song displays (e.g., in song birds, see review by Catchpole and Slater, 1995; in some primate species, Marler and Tenaza, 1977;Geissmann and Orgeldinger, 2000; in marine mammals such as humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, Payne and McVay, 1971). These song sequences are highly stereotyped in most species and may serve a number of functions, including mate attraction and malemale competition, and song displays tend to be sex specific and related to breeding.…”

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Non-song social call bouts of migrating humpback whales

Rekdahl¹,

Dunlop²,

Goldizen³

et al. 2015

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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The use of stereotyped calls within structured bouts has been described for a number of species and may increase the information potential of call repertoires. Humpback whales produce a repertoire of social calls, although little is known about the complexity or function of these calls. In this study, digital acoustic tag recordings were used to investigate social call use within bouts, the use of bouts across different social contexts, and whether particular call type combinations were favored. Call order within bouts was investigated using call transition frequencies and information theory techniques. Call bouts were defined through analysis of inter-call intervals, as any calls within 3.9 s of each other. Bouts were produced significantly more when new whales joined a group compared to groups that did not change membership, and in groups containing multiple adults escorting a female and calf compared to adult only groups. Although social calls tended to be produced in bouts, there were few repeated bout types. However, the order in which most call types were produced within bouts was non-random and dependent on the preceding call type. These bouts appear to be at least partially governed by rules for how individual components are combined.

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“…Mated pairs give loud and coordinated songs (termed 'duets') that transmit over considerable distances, much beyond the callers' home range, suggesting that these signals have evolved to communicate with other conspecifics that are not part of the immediate social group (Raemaekers and Raemaekers 1985;Geissmann 1999;Geissmann and Orgeldinger 2000). Gibbon songs also perform an important function during predator encounters (Uhde and Sommer 2002;Ellefson 1974).…”

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The anti-predator behaviour of wild white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar)

Clarke

Reichard²,

Zuberbühler

2011

Behav Ecol Sociobiol

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Predation on gibbons is rarely observed in the wild. However, the gibbons' moderate body size and relatively small social groups suggest high vulnerability to predation. To assess the role of predation and to study their anti-predator behaviour, we presented visual predator models to nine groups of wild white-handed gibbons at Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. We measured subjects' immediate and delayed responses to four potential predators: tiger, clouded leopard, crested serpent eagle and reticulated python. Subjects reliably approached all four predators. In response to tigers and leopards, they additionally produced predator-specific songs and defecated copiously. In terms of delayed responses, distance between mated adults decreased, but only after exposure to the tiger model. In response to eagles and pythons, gibbons consistently vocalised, but this did not always include predator singing, and we found no long-term effects in overall activity or strata use. However, during 6 of 26 predator encounters, the gibbons produced songs with a structure that was intermediate between a duet song and a predator song more than 20 min after the predator encounter, indicating a long-term effect on their vocal behaviour. This study demonstrates that gibbons discriminate between different potential predators and respond to them with adaptive anti-predator behaviour, which include predator-specific vocal responses. We conclude that gibbons are not immune to predation and that terrestrial predators elicit consistent immediate and delayed anti-predation responses.

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The relationship between duet songs and pair bonds in siamangs, Hylobates syndactylus

Cited by 185 publications

References 11 publications

Turn-taking in Human Communication – Origins and Implications for Language Processing

Turn-taking in Human Communication – Origins and Implications for Language Processing

Non-song social call bouts of migrating humpback whales

The anti-predator behaviour of wild white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar)

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