Dissertation Research: The Role of Huh Vocalization in the Foraging Behavior of the Wedge-Capped Capuchin (Cebus Olivaceus)

论文研究：“嗯”发声在楔形卷尾猴（Cebus Olivaceus）觅食行为中的作用

• 批准号: 9634214
• 负责人: Sara Stinson
• 金额: $ 1.04万
• 依托单位: CUNY Queens College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-09-01 至 1997-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9634214&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Role; Huh; Vocalization

The study of vocal communication in non-human primates has significant implications for the understanding of human speech and consciousness. The discovery that monkey vocalizations frequently communicate specific information has provided important insights into the evolution of human language ability. This project investigates the function of the most frequent vocalization used by the Venezuelan wedge-capped capuchin monkey (Cebus olivaceus). The meanings of the vocalization will be determined by recording calls made during foraging for food and correlating the acoustic structure of the calls with the behavioral context. Analysis will focus on whether the calls inform listeners of the identity or status of the vocalizer, how the calls are related to the use of different types of food resources, and how the calls indicate social relationships. In addition to providing information about a category of call, quiet calls, that has not been extensively studied, this project will be the first long-term study of the behavior and diet of the wedge-capped capuchin to be carried out in a habitat other than riverine forest. As such, it will supply added information about the social behavior and ecology of this most adaptable and intelligent New World monkey.

非人类灵长类动物的声音交流研究对于理解人类的言语和意识具有重要意义。 猴子发声频繁地传达特定信息的发现为人类语言能力的进化提供了重要的见解。该项目研究委内瑞拉楔帽卷尾猴（Cebus olivaceus）最频繁发声的功能。 发声的意义将通过记录在觅食期间发出的呼叫并将呼叫的声学结构与行为背景相关联来确定。 分析的重点是这些叫声是否告知听众发声者的身份或地位，这些叫声如何与不同类型的食物资源的使用有关，以及这些叫声如何表明社会关系。 除了提供有关尚未被广泛研究的一类呼叫，安静呼叫的信息外，该项目将是第一个在河边森林以外的栖息地进行的楔帽卷尾猴行为和饮食的长期研究。 因此，它将提供有关这种适应性最强、最聪明的新世界猴子的社会行为和生态学的更多信息。