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@article{item_3492485,
title = {{Between-group variation in production of pant-grunt vocalizations by wild bonobos (Pan paniscus)}},
author = {Schamberg, Isaac and Clay, Zanna and Townsend, Simon W. and Surbeck, Martin},
language = {eng},
issn = {1432-0762; 0340-5443},
doi = {10.1007/s00265-022-03285-4},
publisher = {Springer},
year = {2023},
date = {2023},
abstract = {{The potential for aggression is inherent in social interaction, and strategies to reduce the costs of aggression are ubiquitous among group-living animals. One strategy employed by lower-ranking individuals in a variety of species is the production of subordination signals, which are formal signals that communicate the signaler{\textquoteright}s inferior status relative to the recipient of the signal. Here, we report the results of our investigations into (1) the presence and usage of the pant-grunt vocalization in two populations of wild bonobos; (2) the relationship between the production of pant-grunts and agonistic predictability across the genus Pan. We find stark differences in production of pant-grunts in the two populations: bonobos at the LuiKotale field site regularly used pant-grunts as a signal of subordination (primarily, though not exclusively, among male-male dyads); in contrast, at the Kokolopori field site, adult bonobos were never observed producing pant-grunts. Across Pan, we find weak support for an association between agonistic predictability and production of pant-grunt vocalizations.}},
journal = {{Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology}},
volume = {77},
eid = {14},
}