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Vocal Communication in Primates and Birds: Parallels and Contrasts

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Primate Vocal Communication

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During the past few years primatologists and ornithologists have joined forces to address common problems in the study of vocal communication. In our own research we have made a special point of employing broadly comparative approaches to the investigation of functional and developmental aspects of primate and avian vocal signaling. In this chapter we outline the rationale we have adopted, report some of the results of our research, and indicate where ethologists investigating avian and primate vocal systems may benefit from mutual awareness of each other’s research.

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  1. The Rockefeller University Field Research Center, Tyrrel Road, 12545, Millbrook, New York, USA

    John Mitani

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  1. Institut für Verhaltensbiologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Haderslebenerstr. 9, 1000, Berlin 41, Germany

    Dietmar Todt  & Philipp Goedeking  & 

  2. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    David Symmes

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Marler, P., Mitani, J. (1988). Vocal Communication in Primates and Birds: Parallels and Contrasts. In: Todt, D., Goedeking, P., Symmes, D. (eds) Primate Vocal Communication. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73769-5_1

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