Individual distinctiveness in call types of wild western female gorillas.

Individually distinct vocalizations play an important role in animal communication, allowing call recipients to respond differentially based on caller identity. However, which of the many calls in a species' repertoire should have more acoustic variability and be more recognizable is less appar...

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Main Authors: Roberta Salmi, Kurt Hammerschmidt, Diane M Doran-Sheehy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4100815?pdf=render