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Dominance style is a key predictor of vocal use and evolution across nonhuman primates
- Source :
- Royal Society Open Science, Royal Society open science, 2021, Vol.8(7), pp.210873 [Peer Reviewed Journal], Royal Society Open Science, The Royal Society, 2021, 8 (7), pp.210873. ⟨10.1098/rsos.210873⟩, Royal Society open science, vol 8, iss 7, Royal Society Open Science, Vol 8, Iss 7 (2021), Royal Society Open Science, 2021, 8 (7), pp.210873. ⟨10.1098/rsos.210873⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- The Royal Society, 2021.
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Abstract
- Animal communication has long been thought to be subject to pressures and constraints associated with social relationships. However, our understanding of how the nature and quality of social relationships relates to the use and evolution of communication is limited by a lack of directly comparable methods across multiple levels of analysis. Here, we analysed observational data from 111 wild groups belonging to 26 non-human primate species, to test how vocal communication relates to dominance style (the strictness with which a dominance hierarchy is enforced, ranging from 'despotic' to 'tolerant'). At the individual-level, we found that dominant individuals who were more tolerant vocalized at a higher rate than their despotic counterparts. This indicates that tolerance within a relationship may place pressure on the dominant partner to communicate more during social interactions. At the species-level, however, despotic species exhibited a larger repertoire of hierarchy-related vocalizations than their tolerant counterparts. Findings suggest primate signals are used and evolve in tandem with the nature of interactions that characterize individuals' social relationships. Publisher PDF
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Science
Basic Behavioral and Social Science
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Key (music)
Style (sociolinguistics)
social behaviour
[SCCO]Cognitive science
biology.animal
ddc:570
Behavioral and Social Science
dominance style
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Animal communication
Primate
050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology
Research Articles
Sociality
QL
Multidisciplinary
biology
communication
QH
Repertoire
05 social sciences
DAS
QL Zoology
sociality
vocal
C800 Psychology
vocal, sociality, communication, dominance style, social behaviour
Dominance hierarchy
Dominance (ethology)
communication, sociality, social behaviour, dominance style, vocal
Organismal and Evolutionary Biology
Psychology
Cognitive psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20545703
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Royal Society Open Science, Royal Society open science, 2021, Vol.8(7), pp.210873 [Peer Reviewed Journal], Royal Society Open Science, The Royal Society, 2021, 8 (7), pp.210873. ⟨10.1098/rsos.210873⟩, Royal Society open science, vol 8, iss 7, Royal Society Open Science, Vol 8, Iss 7 (2021), Royal Society Open Science, 2021, 8 (7), pp.210873. ⟨10.1098/rsos.210873⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6824a6ce9d6ae93aed7b8ba42ce9abb7