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Zuberbühler, Klaus

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Zuberbühler, Klaus
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Professeur ordinaire
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klaus.zuberbuehler@unine.ch
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https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/670
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  • Publication
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    Speed of call delivery is related to context and caller identity in Campbell’s monkey males
    Lemasson, Alban
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    Ouattara, Karim
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    Bouchet, Hélène
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    Zuberbühler, Klaus 
    Call rate can be a salient feature in animal communication. Depending on the species, different psychological variables appear to influence call rates but the exact nature of these relationships remains poorly explored. Here, we demonstrate for free-ranging Campbell's monkeys that the call rates of four different alarm series (termed H, K, K+, and B series) vary systematically as a function of context, associated behaviour, and identity of the caller. K+ series were given more rapidly to predation than non- predation events, K+ and K series more rapidly to visual than auditory predator detection, and H series more rapidly while counterattacking an eagle than staying put. Finally, there were individual differences in B series, suggesting that call rate potentially provides listeners with cues about the caller's anti-predator behaviour, event type experienced, and his identity.
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    Male blue monkeys alarm call in response to danger experienced by others
    Papworth, Sarah
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    Böse, Anne-Sophie
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    Barker, Jessica
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    Schel, Anne Marijke
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    Zuberbühler, Klaus 
    Male blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) of Budongo Forest, Uganda, produce two acoustically distinct alarm calls: hacks to crowned eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus) and pyows to leopards (Panthera pardus) and a range of other disturbances. In playback experiments, males responded to leopard growls exclusively with a series of pyows and to eagle shrieks predominantly with hacks. Responses to playbacks of these alarm call series matched the responses to the corresponding predators, suggesting that the calls conveyed something about the nature of the threat. When responding to a series of hacks, indicating an eagle, males responded predominately with hacks, but produced significantly more calls if their group members were close to the playback stimulus than far away, regardless of their own position. When responding to a series of pyows, indicating a range of disturbances, males responded with pyows, but call rates were independent of the distance of other group members. The results suggest that males took into account the degree of danger experienced by other group members.
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    Pyow but not hack calls of the male putty-nosed monkey (Cercopithcus nictitans) convey information about caller identity
    Price, Tabitha
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    Arnold, Kate
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    Zuberbühler, Klaus 
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    Semple, Stuart
    Individual differences within the acoustic structure of vocalisations have the potential to inform signal receivers about the identity of the caller. Such differences can often be explained by morphological differences of the signaller’s sound production apparatus. Natural selection may have favoured individual variation within call types, especially if identity cues enhance call function. In addition, animals may modify their vocalisations such that they sound more similar to, or more distinct from those of neighbouring conspecifics. We recorded pyow and hack vocalisations from five recognised male putty-nosed monkeys (Cercopithecus nictitans) in Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria. We analysed the temporal and spectral features of both call types to investigate whether the calls contained identity cues, and whether calls of neighbouring males were less or more different in their acoustic structure than expected by chance. More parameters were found to vary significantly between individuals within pyows than hacks, and whilst pyows could be correctly assigned to individual callers more often than would have been expected by chance, hacks could not. We found no relation between geographic distance and acoustic similarity of pyows and hacks.