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Comparing contact calling between black
tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix penicillata)
in a noisy urban environment and in a
quiet forest

Santos, SG; Duarte, MHL; Sousa-Lima, RS; Young, RJ

Authors

SG Santos

RS Sousa-Lima



Abstract

All habitats have some level of noise but anthropogenic sounds such as those produced by traffic are structurally different from natural sounds, and could cause organisms living in noisy urban areas to modify their vocal communication. We compared temporal and spectral parameters of contact calls in black tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) living in a noisy and a quiet area. From February 2009 to March 2012 we recorded spontaneously produced phee vocalizations by marmosets in two areas in Minas Gerais, Brazil: a noisy urban park (N = 581) in Belo Horizonte, and
a quiet natural forest, on Cauaia farm in Matozinhos city (N = 560). We measured the duration, frequencies, and rate of phee vocalizations. We found that marmosets’ phee vocalizations were significantly longer in the noisy area than in the quiet area. The low,
high, and dominant frequencies were significantly lower in the noisy area than in the quiet area, and contact calling was less frequent in the noisy area than in the quiet area. We suggest that the differences between marmoset contact calls from noisy and quiet
areas are influenced by anthropogenic noise.

Citation

quiet forest. International Journal of Primatology, 38(6), 1130-1137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-0002-x

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 2, 2017
Online Publication Date Nov 25, 2017
Publication Date Nov 25, 2017
Deposit Date Dec 6, 2017
Publicly Available Date Nov 25, 2018
Journal International Journal of Primatology
Print ISSN 0164-0291
Electronic ISSN 1573-8604
Publisher Springer Verlag
Volume 38
Issue 6
Pages 1130-1137
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-0002-x
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-0002-x
Related Public URLs https://link.springer.com/journal/10764
Additional Information Funders : FAPEMIG

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