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Communication during sex among female bonobos: effects of dominance, solicitation and audience (2012)
Journal Article
Clay, Z., & Zuberbühler, K. (2012). Communication during sex among female bonobos: effects of dominance, solicitation and audience. Scientific Reports, 2, Article 291. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00291

Bonobo females frequently form close bonds, which give them social power over other group members. One potential mechanism to facilitate female bonding is the performance of sexual interactions. Using naturalistic observations and experiments, we fou... Read More about Communication during sex among female bonobos: effects of dominance, solicitation and audience.

Food-associated vocalizations in mammals and birds: what do these calls really mean? (2012)
Journal Article
Clay, Z., Smith, C. L., & Blumstein, D. T. (2012). Food-associated vocalizations in mammals and birds: what do these calls really mean?. Animal Behaviour, 83(2), 323-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.008

Alarm calls and food-associated calls from a diverse range of species are said to be functionally referential, in that receivers can use these sounds to predict environmental events in the absence of other contextual cues. The evolutionary driver for... Read More about Food-associated vocalizations in mammals and birds: what do these calls really mean?.

The Structure of Bonobo Copulation Calls During Reproductive and Non-Reproductive Sex. (2011)
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Clay, Z., & Zuberbühler, K. (2011). The Structure of Bonobo Copulation Calls During Reproductive and Non-Reproductive Sex. Ethology: international journal of behavioural biology, 117(12), 1158-1169. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01975.x

Copulation calls in primates are usually identified as sexually selected signals that promote the reproductive success of the caller. In this study, we investigated the acoustic structure of copulation calls in bonobos (Pan paniscus), a great ape kno... Read More about The Structure of Bonobo Copulation Calls During Reproductive and Non-Reproductive Sex..

Bonobos Extract Meaning from Call Sequences (2011)
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Clay, Z., & Zuberbühler, K. (2011). Bonobos Extract Meaning from Call Sequences. PLoS ONE, 6(4), Article e18786. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018786

Studies on language-trained bonobos have revealed their remarkable abilities in representational and communication tasks. Surprisingly, however, corresponding research into their natural communication has largely been neglected. We address this issue... Read More about Bonobos Extract Meaning from Call Sequences.

Female bonobos use copulation calls as social signals. (2011)
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Clay, Z., Pika, S., Gruber, T., & Zuberbuhler, K. (2011). Female bonobos use copulation calls as social signals. Biology Letters, 7(4), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.1227

During mating events, females of many primate species produce loud and distinct vocalizations known as ‘copulation calls’. The adaptive significance of these signals is considered to be in promoting the caller's direct reproductive success. Here, we... Read More about Female bonobos use copulation calls as social signals..

A comparison of bonobo and chimpanzee tool use: evidence for a female bias in the Pan lineage. (2010)
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Gruber, T., Clay, Z., & Zuberbühler, K. (2010). A comparison of bonobo and chimpanzee tool use: evidence for a female bias in the Pan lineage. Animal Behaviour, 80(6), 1023-1033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.005

Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, are the most sophisticated tool-users among all nonhuman primates. From an evolutionary perspective, it is therefore puzzling that the tool use behaviour of their closest living primate relative, the bonobo, Pan paniscus... Read More about A comparison of bonobo and chimpanzee tool use: evidence for a female bias in the Pan lineage..

Food-associated calling sequences in bonobos. (2009)
Journal Article
Clay, Z., & Zuberbühler, K. (2009). Food-associated calling sequences in bonobos. Animal Behaviour, 77(6), 1387-1396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.016

When encountering food, chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, and some other primates produce specific calls, whose acoustic structure covaries with the caller's food preference. For chimpanzees, there is evidence that listeners use these contingencies to gu... Read More about Food-associated calling sequences in bonobos..