| Title |
Low Frequency Groans Indicate Larger and More Dominant Fallow Deer (Dama dama) Males
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2008
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0003113 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Elisabetta Vannoni, Alan G. McElligott |
| Abstract |
Models of honest advertisement predict that sexually selected calls should signal male quality. In most vertebrates, high quality males have larger body sizes that determine higher social status and in turn higher reproductive success. Previous research has emphasised the importance of vocal tract resonances or formant frequencies of calls as cues to body size in mammals. However, the role of the acoustic features of vocalisations as cues to other quality-related phenotypic characteristics of callers has rarely been investigated. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Italy | 2 | 1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Hungary | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 126 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 31 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 7% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 24 | 18% |
| Unknown | 21 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 66 | 48% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Psychology | 4 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 10% |
| Unknown | 32 | 23% |