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| Title |
What the hyena's laugh tells: Sex, age, dominance and individual signature in the giggling call of Crocuta crocuta
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, March 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6785-10-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nicolas Mathevon, Aaron Koralek, Mary Weldele, Stephen E Glickman, Frédéric E Theunissen |
| Abstract |
Among mammals living in social groups, individuals form communication networks where they signal their identity and social status, facilitating social interaction. In spite of its importance for understanding of mammalian societies, the coding of individual-related information in the vocal signals of non-primate mammals has been relatively neglected. The present study focuses on the spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta, a social carnivore known for its complex female-dominated society. We investigate if and how the well-known hyena's laugh, also known as the giggle call, encodes information about the emitter. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 13% |
| Brazil | 2 | 8% |
| Argentina | 2 | 8% |
| Eritrea | 1 | 4% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 4% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 12 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 75% |
| Scientists | 4 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 268 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| Brazil | 4 | 1% |
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| India | 2 | <1% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 8 | 3% |
| Unknown | 241 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 58 | 22% |
| Researcher | 53 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 39 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 11% |
| Other | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 39 | 15% |
| Unknown | 37 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 152 | 57% |
| Environmental Science | 32 | 12% |
| Psychology | 8 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 6 | 2% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 21 | 8% |
| Unknown | 44 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 46. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 December 2023.
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#933,050
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Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#194
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#2,654
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#2
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,725 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.4. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% of its peers.
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