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Male vocal behavior and phylogeny in deer.
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posted on 2023-06-07, 18:57 authored by Henri Cap, Pierre Deleporte, Jean Joachim, David RebyThe phylogenetic relationships among 11 species of the Cervidae family were inferred from an analysis of male vocalizations. Eighteen characters, including call types (e.g. antipredator barks, mating loudcalls) and acoustic characteristics (call composition, fundamental frequency and formant frequencies), were used for phylogeny inference. The resulting topology and the phylogenetic consistency of behavioral characters were compared with those of current molecular phylogenies of Cervidae and with separate and simultaneous parsimony analyses of molecular and behavioral data. Our results indicate that male vocalizations constitute plausible phylogenetic characters in this taxon. Evolutionary scenarios for the vocal characters are discussed in relation with associated behaviors.
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Publication status
- Published
Journal
CladisticsISSN
0748-3007External DOI
Issue
6Volume
24Page range
917-931Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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