Primate Vocal Communication

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Comparative and Field Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Vocal Communication in Primates and Birds: Parallels and Contrasts

      • Peter Marler, John Mitani

      Pages 3-14

   3. Vocal Quavering: A Basis for Recognition in Forest Guenons

      • Jean-Pierre Gautier, Annie Gautier-Hion

      Pages 15-30

   4. An Analysis of Toque Macaque Cohesion Calls from an Ecological Perspective

      • Wolfgang Dittus

      Pages 31-50

   5. Environmental Influences on the Structure of Primate Vocalizations

      • Charles H. Brown, Peter M. Waser

      Pages 51-66

3. Social Interactions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. A New Approach to Finding Components Essential for Intraspecific Communication

      • Manfred Maurus, Klaus M. Streit, David Barclay, Elisabeth Wiesner, Brigitte Kühlmorgen

      Pages 69-87

   3. Serial Calling as a Mediator of Interaction Processes: Crying in Primates

      • Dietmar Todt

      Pages 88-107

   4. Communications as Social Interaction: Its Importance in Ontogeny and Adult Behavior

      • Charles T. Snowdon

      Pages 108-122

   5. Conversational Vocal Exchanges in Squirrel Monkeys

      • David Symmes, Maxeen Biben

      Pages 123-132

   6. Vocal Play Behavior in Cotton-Top Tamarins

      • Philipp Goedeking

      Pages 133-141

4. Biological Substrates

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143

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   2. Ethopharmacology of Vocal Behavior in Primates

      • John D. Newman

      Pages 145-153

   3. Neural Basis of Signal Detection

      • Peter Müller-Preuss

      Pages 154-161

   4. Central Control of Monkey Calls

      • Uwe Jürgens

      Pages 162-167

5. Conceptual Frameworks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169

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   2. Primate Vocal Expression of Affective State

      • Klaus R. Scherer, Arvid Kappas

      Pages 171-194

   3. Neurobiology and Pathology of Subhuman Vocal Communication and Human Speech

      • Detlev Ploog

      Pages 195-212

6. Back Matter

   Pages 213-222

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Communication is both a prerequisite and manifestation of social organization and in this sense several chapters of this volume are aimed to investigate the way vocal communication serves its ultimate function of maintaining social organization. Although manifold parallels exist to vocal communication in birds, additional mechanisms of vocalization are found in primates. Treating the various psychological, ecological, behavioral, and neurobiological aspects of vocalization this book provides an interdisciplinary approach for the understanding of biocommunication in primates including humans. Conceptual as well as methodological considerations are given in a balanced way. The addition of a comprehensive glossary gives an overview also to nonspecialists in this field.

• biology
• environment
• forest
• primates

• Institut für Verhaltensbiologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 41, Germany

  Dietmar Todt, Philipp Goedeking

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, Bethesda, USA

  David Symmes

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