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Aggression and dominance in tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri)

Agonistic behaviour is reflected in vocal patterns

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Prevention and Control of Aggression and the Impact on its Victims

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Tree shrews live solitary and defend their territories against intruding conspecifics of the same sex. Under laboratory conditions, housing of two males in one cage results in a stable dominance hierarchy1. The agonistic encounters between the two males are accompanied by intense reciprocal vocalisation and vary with their behaviour. The present study aimed to analyse the vocal repertoire of tree shrews during dyadic agonistic interactions, and to test whether call structure varied according to the dominance status or motivational state of the caller.

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  1. Division of Neurobiology, German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany

    Janna Kirchhof, Kurt Hammerschmidt & Eberhard Fuchs

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  1. Janna Kirchhof
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  1. University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Manuela Martinez

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Kirchhof, J., Hammerschmidt, K., Fuchs, E. (2001). Aggression and dominance in tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri). In: Martinez, M. (eds) Prevention and Control of Aggression and the Impact on its Victims. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6238-9_51

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