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Response to Masi and Bouret - commentary on Klailova and Lee's (2014) "Wild western lowland gorillas signal
1Psychology, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK; Departamento de Antropologia, Universidade de Lisboa, CAPP/ISCSP, Lisboa 1300-663, Portugal; WildCRU, University of Oxford, Tubney, OX13 5QL, UK.
Abstract:
In a previous paper, we suggested that gorilla silverback males used odour as a chemosignal about levels of risk during interactions with extra-group males. We suggested that, rather than being monotonically associated with arousal as Masi and Bouret have now proposed in their commentary, the strength of an odour was a variable response to within as well as between group risks. We all agree that the phenomenon needs further investigation.
