群体大小和交配系统预测了人类类灵长类灵长类的声音基本频率的性别差异
Toe Aung1,2, Alexander K Hill3, Dana Pfefferle4
1Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Nature communications
|July 10, 2023
概括
雄性灵长类动物中的雄性灵长类动物
科学领域:
- 灵长类动物的发声方式
- 性选择性选择性选择
- 生物声学是一种生物声学.
背景情况:
- 发音往往显示了灵长类动物的显著性别差异.
- 低频的男性呼叫可能是为了恐吓竞争对手或吸引伴侣.
- 声格二态与交配竞争或群体大小之间的联系尚未完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 研究人类类灵长类动物基本频率变态的进化驱动因素.
- 测试将声格二态与交配竞争,群体规模,社会结构,精子竞争和声学息地联系起来的假设.
- 为了同时评估多个非相互排斥的解释性二态化在灵长类的发音.
主要方法:
- 分析了37种类人猿类灵长类动物的1914年发声记录.
- 遗传学比较方法来控制进化关系.
- 身体尺寸变形的统计控制.
- 测试基本频率二态和生态/社会变量之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 发现基本频率二态度随着小组规模的增加而增加.
- 多妻制也与基本频率二态度的增加有关.
- 没有发现与交配竞争强度,多层次社会组织或声学息地质量有显著的关联.
结论:
- 灵长类的声乐基本频率二态与社会结构有关,特别是群体大小和交配系统.
- 在较大的群体中,低频男性呼叫可能会被青,以便快速评估竞争对手.
- 声调二形可能作为避免昂贵的身体竞争的信号,特别是在多妻性物种中.
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