Singing Behavior and Singing Functions of Black-Crested Gibbons (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) at Mt. Wuliang, Central Yunnan, China
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| 作者 | Fan PF1,2; Xiao W1; Huo S1; Jiang XL[*]2 |
| 刊名 | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
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| 出版日期 | 2009 |
| 卷号 | 71期号:7页码:539-547 |
| 关键词 | singing behavior singing trees black crested gibbon Nomascus concolor functional hypothesis |
| ISSN号 | 0275-2565 |
| 通讯作者 | jiangxl@mail.kiz.ac.cn |
| 合作状况 | 其它 |
| 英文摘要 | We used data on loud duetted and solo songs collected from one habituated polygynous group of black-crested gibbons (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) on Mt. Wuliang, Yunnan, to test several hypotheses about the functions of these songs. The major functions proposed for loud gibbon songs include resource defense, mate defense, pairbonding, group cohesion and mate attraction. Duet bouts are generally initiated by adult males, who select the highest trees near to ridges or on steep slopes as singing trees. Such trees facilitate voice transmission and inter-group communication. Singing trees tended to be located near important food patches and sleeping sites, which supports the resource defense hypothesis. The adult male and two adult females always sang interactively, alternating male phrases with the females' stereotyped great calls, to produce the duets, and females rarely produced great calls if they were more than 30 m from the male. The two females usually produced great calls synchronously during the duet, especially when they were close together. These features support both the mate defense and pairbonding hypotheses. The number of great calls and their degree of synchrony transmit information about spatial relationships and possibly pairbond strength to members to neighboring groups and floating animals. During or after the duet bouts, the adult females and juvenile moved toward to the adult male; and group members maintained a close spatial relationship, which supports the group cohesion hypothesis. Other incidents observed suggest a mate competition role for duets. The adult male always sang when the females started duetting with the subadult male. The subadult male sang solo bouts, but they were not more frequent or longer than bouts initiated by the adult male. Although mate attraction is the likely function of subadult solos, it was not convincingly demonstrated. In conclusion, all hypotheses concerning the function of singing are supported by at least some of the data, and none can be excluded. |
| 学科主题 | Zoology |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 资助信息 | National Basic Research Program of China; Contract grant number: ]2007CB411600; Contract grant sponsor: National Natural Science Foundation of China; Contract grant number: ]30670270; Contract grant sponsor: Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Contract grant number: ]KSCX2-SW-119; Contract grant sponsor: Dali University; Contract grant number: KY430840. |
| 原文出处 | 2009717539.pdf |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 公开日期 | 2010-08-24 |
| 源URL | [http://159.226.149.42:8088/handle/152453/5689]  |
| 专题 | 昆明动物研究所_兽类生态与进化 昆明动物研究所_遗传资源与进化国家重点实验室 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Dali University, Yunnan, China 2.Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Fan PF,Xiao W,Huo S,et al. Singing Behavior and Singing Functions of Black-Crested Gibbons (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) at Mt. Wuliang, Central Yunnan, China[J]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY,2009,71(7):539-547. |
| APA | Fan PF,Xiao W,Huo S,&Jiang XL[*].(2009).Singing Behavior and Singing Functions of Black-Crested Gibbons (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) at Mt. Wuliang, Central Yunnan, China.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY,71(7),539-547. |
| MLA | Fan PF,et al."Singing Behavior and Singing Functions of Black-Crested Gibbons (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) at Mt. Wuliang, Central Yunnan, China".AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY 71.7(2009):539-547. |
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