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dc.contributor.authorJanik, Vincent M.
dc.contributor.authorKnörnschild, Mirjam
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T09:30:07Z
dc.date.available2021-09-07T09:30:07Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-25
dc.identifier.citationJanik , V M & Knörnschild , M 2021 , ' Vocal production learning in mammals revisited ' , Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. B, Biological Sciences , vol. 376 , no. 1836 , 20200244 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0244en
dc.identifier.issn0962-8436
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 274006404
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 7ce83449-d637-4a2e-9e1b-ca07a2609463
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000693558500020
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85115820294
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/23910
dc.description.abstractVocal production learning, the ability to modify the structure of vocalizations as a result of hearing those of others, has been studied extensively in birds but less attention has been given to its occurrence in mammals. We summarize the available evidence for vocal learning in mammals from the last 25 years, updating earlier reviews on the subject. The clearest evidence comes from cetaceans, pinnipeds, elephants and bats where species have been found to copy artificial or human language sounds, or match acoustic models of different sound types. Vocal convergence, in which parameter adjustments within one sound type result in similarities between individuals, occurs in a wider range of mammalian orders with additional evidence from primates, mole-rats, goats and mice. Currently, the underlying mechanisms for convergence are unclear with vocal production learning but also usage learning or matching physiological states being possible explanations. For experimental studies, we highlight the importance of quantitative comparisons of seemingly learned sounds with vocal repertoires before learning started or with species repertoires to confirm novelty. Further studies on the mammalian orders presented here as well as others are needed to explore learning skills and limitations in greater detail.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. B, Biological Sciencesen
dc.rightsCopyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.en
dc.subjectPinnipediaen
dc.subjectChiropteraen
dc.subjectPrimatesen
dc.subjectElephantsen
dc.subjectVocal communicationen
dc.subjectCetaceaen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectQL Zoologyen
dc.subjectT-DASen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.subject.lccQLen
dc.titleVocal production learning in mammals revisiteden
dc.typeJournal itemen
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Uniten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotlanden
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolutionen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Bioacoustics groupen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0244
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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