Trade-offs in the production of animal vocal sequences: insights from the structure of wild chimpanzee pant hoots
Abstract Background Vocal sequences - utterances consisting of calls produced in close succession - are common phenomena in animal communication. While many studies have explored the adaptive benefits of producing such sequences, very little is known about how the costs and constraints involved in t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-017-0235-8 |