<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Raimundo Novaes Alencar-Jr</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patrícia Ferreira Monticellia</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Acoustic behavior of the Brazilian Caatinga big rodent is incongruent to its actual position in Hidrochaerinae</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Behavioural Processes</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">alarm call</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hystricognathi rodents</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">semi-arid</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">social life</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">vocalization</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Our knowledge about the acoustic behavior of Caviinae species drove us to investigate Kerodon rupestris&amp;rsquo;s (Caviidae: Hydrochoerinae) repertoire. This species is endemic to Caatinga and states as vulnerable in the Brazilian list of endangered species. We recorded sounds uttered by individuals from Santa Luzia, State of Para&amp;iacute;ba, Brazil. We promoted interactions among 13 animals during intra and intersexual pairing sessions, under undisturbed interactions in captivity, and in free-living conditions. We found a repertoire of 13 call types, most of them (all except three) shared with Cavia and only five possibly shared also with Hydrochoerus: (1) Close contact and cohesion: tonal and noisy contact calls, tweet, slow-whistle; (2) Social regulation (incitement, subordination or auto-defense): whine, peep-squeak, yelp; (3) Offensive aggression and status display: roar, snort, and teeth-chattering (4) Warning or intimidation: alarm-whistle, drrr, and drumming; (5) Courtship: purr and slow-whistle. The similarity of Kerodon signals to Hydrochoerinae species, despite the ecological differences, needs to be understood in comparative phylogenetic studies tracing back the origin of the courtship display in Caviidae. Thus, future research should focus on playback studies to test signals&amp;#39; biological function hypothesis.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dezecache, Guillaume</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Berthet, Mélissa</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Working hypotheses on the meaning of general alarm calls</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Animal Behaviour</style></secondary-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Animal Behaviour</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">alarm call</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">context</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">functional referentiality</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">general alarm call</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">informativity principle</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Meaning</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">semantics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">vocalization</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jan-08-2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0003347218301908https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0003347218301908?httpAccept=text/xmlhttps://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0003347218301908?httpAccept=text/plain</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">142</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">113 - 118</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;General calls are present in the vocal repertoire of a great number of animal species. Because of their lack of context specificity, they are typically argued to possess blurred meaning, or even no meaning at all. Although recent animal cognition studies have demonstrated a growing interest in these vocalizations, there is currently no clear definition of general calls, and their meaning is seldom discussed. Here, we propose a definition of general calls, and review various hypotheses regarding their meaning, focusing on alert contexts. We first discuss the hypothesis that general alarm calls have a general alert meaning. Second, we review an alternative view, that general calls in fact have a specific meaning. With this review, we encourage further research that could help delve into the mechanisms underlying vocal production and comprehension and would improve our understanding of general and specific calls in animals.&lt;/p&gt;
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