A functional analysis of staccato grunt vocalizations in the stumptailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)
A functional analysis of staccato grunt vocalizations in the stumptailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)
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短尾猴（Macaca arctoides）断续咕噜发声的功能分析
DOI：
10.1111/j.1439-0310.1993.tb00555.x
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发表时间：
2010
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1.7
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K. Bauers
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作者：
K. Bauers
社会互动分析用于评估短尾猴（Macaca arctoides）断断续续的咕噜声（Chevalier-Skolnikoff 1974）的社会效果和功能。正如先前的定量描述性研究（Bauers 1989）所证明的那样，断断续续的咕噜声用于对婴儿短尾猕猴表达友好兴趣的高度特定的环境中。据推测，这些发声的作用是表达演员在表达对婴儿的兴趣时的善意意图，这些信号是针对婴儿的母亲的，并且它们的使用降低了母亲做出攻击性反应的可能性。功能假说预测： 1. 母亲不会对自己的婴儿发出断断续续的咕噜声； 2. 当婴儿的母亲在附近（< 1 m）时，断断续续的咕噜声将更有可能发出，并且 3，断断续续的咕噜声应该有助于母亲对针对婴儿的关注或身体接触的容忍度。这些预测得到了数据的支持，数据基于对 554 次交互中两个事件序列的条件概率的分析。结论是，断断续续的咕噜声实际上是用来接近婴儿的，并减少母亲做出攻击性反应的可能性。讨论了断奏咕噜声的声学特征以及该行为的替代解释。
Social interaction analysis was used to evaluate the social effect and function of the Staccato Grunt vocalizations (Chevalier-Skolnikoff 1974) of stumptailed macaques (Macaca arctoides). Staccato Grunts are used in the highly specific context of an individual expressing friendly interest in an infant stumptailed macaque, as demonstrated in a previous quantitative descriptive study (Bauers 1989). It was hypothesized that these vocalizations function to signal an actor's benign intent when expressing Interest in Infants, that the signals are directed to the infant's mother, and that their use lowers the probability of an aggressive response from the mother. The functional hypothesis predicts that 1. mothers would not direct Staccato Grunts to their own infants; 2. Staccato Grunts would be given with higher probability when the mother of an infant is near (< 1 m), and 3, a mother's tolerance for attention or physical contact directed to her infant should be facilitated by Staccato Grunts. These predictions were supported by the data, based on analysis of the conditional probabilities of two-event sequences in 554 interactions. It is concluded that Staccato Grunt vocalizations are used pragmatically to acquire access to infants and to reduce the probability of aggressive responses from their mothers. Acoustic characterization of Staccato Grunts, and alternative interpretations of the behavior are discussed.