Brevity is not a universal in animal communication: evidence for compression depends on the unit of analysis in small ape vocalizations

Male gibbon loud morning calls conform to Zipf's law of brevity and Menzerath's law: insights into the origin of human language

(2020) Mingpan Huang et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Do penguins’ vocal sequences conform to linguistic laws?

(2020) Livio Favaro et al.   Biology Letters

Gibbons aren’t singing in the rain: presence and amount of rainfall influences ape calling behavior in Sabah, Malaysia

(2020) Dena J. Clink et al.   Scientific Reports

Linguistic laws in chimpanzee gestural communication

(2019) Raphaela Heesen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Syntactic rules in avian vocal sequences as a window into the evolution of compositionality

(2019) Toshitaka N. Suzuki et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Home range variation and site fidelity of Bornean southern gibbons [Hylobates albibarbis] from 2010-2018

(2019) Susan M. Cheyne et al.   PLoS One

Acoustic structure of forest elephant rumbles: a test of the ambiguity reduction hypothesis

(2019) Daniela Hedwig et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

A case study on Bornean gibbons highlights the challenges for incorporating individual identity into passive acoustic monitoring surveys

(2019) Dena J. Clink et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Syntax and compositionality in animal communication

(2019) Klaus Zuberbühler   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The syntax–semantics interface in animal vocal communication

(2019) Toshitaka N. Suzuki et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

What can animal communication teach us about human language?

(2019) Adam R. Fishbein et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An analysis of white-handed gibbon male song reveals speech-like phrases

(2018) Thomas A. Terleph et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Evidence for vocal performance constraints in a female nonhuman primate

(2018) Dena J. Clink et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Evidence for High Variability in Temporal Features of the Male Coda in Müller’s Bornean Gibbons (Hylobates muelleri)

(2018) Allison R. Lau et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Trade-offs in the production of animal vocal sequences: insights from the structure of wild chimpanzee pant hoots

(2017) Pawel Fedurek et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Investigating Individual Vocal Signatures and Small-Scale Patterns of Geographic Variation in Female Bornean Gibbon (Hylobates muelleri) Great Calls

(2017) Dena J. Clink et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

The relationship between testosterone and long-distance calling in wild male chimpanzees

(2016) Pawel Fedurek et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Age related decline in female lar gibbon great call performance suggests that call features correlate with physical condition

(2016) Thomas A. Terleph et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Compression and the origins of Zipf's law for word frequencies

(2016) Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho   COMPLEXITY

Song Functions in Nonduetting Gibbons: Evidence from Playback Experiments on Javan Gibbons (Hylobates moloch)

(2016) Soojung Ham et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Acoustic and Temporal Variation in Gelada (Theropithecus gelada) Loud Calls Advertise Male Quality

(2016) Marcela E. Benítez et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Gelada vocal sequences follow Menzerath’s linguistic law

(2016) Morgan L. Gustison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar) great call reveals individual caller identity

(2015) Thomas A. Terleph et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

The organization of domains in proteins obeys Menzerath-Altmann’s law of language

(2015) Khuram Shahzad et al.   BMC Systems Biology

Characterizing Vocal Repertoires—Hard vs. Soft Classification Approaches

(2015) Philip Wadewitz et al.   PLoS One

Biological interpretation of genome-wide association studies using predicted gene functions

(2015) Tune H. Pers et al.   Nature Communications

Acoustic sequences in non-human animals: a tutorial review and prospectus

(2014) Arik Kershenbaum et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

White-handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar) Core Area Use Over a Short-Time Scale

(2014) Norberto Asensio et al.   BIOTROPICA

Potential Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) calls recorded in the northern Gulf of Mexico

(2014) Aaron N. Rice et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Genome-wide association analyses identify variants in developmental genes associated with hypospadias

(2014) Frank Geller et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Individuality and Stability in Male Songs of Cao Vit Gibbons (Nomascus nasutus) with Potential to Monitor Population Dynamics

(2014) Jun-Juan Feng et al.   PLoS One

Language evolution: syntax before phonology?

(2014) K. Collier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Brevity is prevalent in bat short-range communication

(2013) Bo Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Cues to Androgens and Quality in Male Gibbon Songs

(2013) Claudia Barelli et al.   PLoS One

Soprano singing in gibbons

(2012) Hiroki Koda et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Graded or discrete? A quantitative analysis of Campbell's monkey alarm calls

(2012) Sumir Keenan et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The span of correlations in dolphin whistle sequences

(2012) Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho et al.   JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

Note-, phrase- and song-specific acoustic variables contributing to the individuality of male duet song in the Bornean southern gibbon (Hylobates albibarbis)

(2012) Klara M. Wanelik et al.   PRIMATES

Evolutionary divergence in acoustic signals: causes and consequences

(2012) Matthew R. Wilkins et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

APCluster: an R package for affinity propagation clustering

(2011) U. Bodenhofer et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Menzerath's law at the gene-exon level in the human genome

(2011) Wentian Li   COMPLEXITY

Population Differences and Acoustic Stability in Male Songs of Wild Western Black Crested Gibbons (Nomascus concolor) in Mt. Wuliang, Yunnan

(2011) Peng-Fei Fan et al.   FOLIA PRIMATOLOGICA

Information theoretical approaches to chick-a-dee calls of Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis).

(2011) Todd M. Freeberg et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Songs to syntax: the linguistics of birdsong

(2011) Robert C. Berwick et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Efficiency of coding in macaque vocal communication

(2010) S. Semple et al.   Biology Letters

Brevity is not always a virtue in primate communication

(2010) B. M. Bezerra et al.   Biology Letters

Male Gibbon (Hylobates agilis) Singing Behavior: Natural History, Song Variations and Function

(2010) John C. Mitani   ETHOLOGY

Sexual Selection and Information Content in Gibbon Song Bouts

(2010) Guy Cowlishaw   ETHOLOGY

Why do gorillas make sequences of gestures?

(2009) Emilie Genty et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

A Law of Word Meaning in Dolphin Whistle Types

(2009) Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho et al.   Entropy

Efficient coding in dolphin surface behavioral patterns

(2008) Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho et al.   COMPLEXITY

Home-range characteristics and the influence of seasonality on female reproduction in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) at Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

(2007) Tommaso Savini et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY