Multiple Environmental Contexts and Communication in Pygmy Marmosets (Cebuella pygmaea )

There are multiple components to the concept of Umwelt experienced by an organism that may constrain the type and structure of communication signals as well as the usefulness of these signals. To illustrate the impact of these multiple environmental components, the authors used signals of the pygmy...

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Published in:Journal of comparative psychology (1983) 2002-06, Vol.116 (2), p.182-188
Main Authors: Snowdon, Charles T, de la Torre, Stella
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal
Animal Communication
Animal Environments
Animal Vocalizations
Animals
Attention
Auditory Perception
Birds
Callitrichinae - psychology
Environment
Female
Male
Primates (Nonhuman)
Social Behavior
Social Environment
Sound Spectrography
Vocalization, Animal
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Summary:There are multiple components to the concept of Umwelt experienced by an organism that may constrain the type and structure of communication signals as well as the usefulness of these signals. To illustrate the impact of these multiple environmental components, the authors used signals of the pygmy marmoset ( Cebuella pygmaea ), a small primate from the western Amazon. The authors summarize studies to show how the physical effects of the habitat; effects of other species, both predators and nonpredators; anthropogenic effects on the communication environment; within-group and between-groups influences other pygmy marmosets exert; and ontogeny influence the structure and usage of vocal signals. Communication within a species can be understood only in consideration of each of these contexts.
ISSN:0735-7036
1939-2087
DOI:10.1037/0735-7036.116.2.182