Title |
Acoustic divergence in the communication of cryptic species of nocturnal primates (Microcebus ssp.)
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Published in |
BMC Biology, May 2008
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DOI | 10.1186/1741-7007-6-19 |
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Authors |
Pia Braune, Sabine Schmidt, Elke Zimmermann |
Abstract |
A central question in evolutionary biology is how cryptic species maintain species cohesiveness in an area of sympatry. The coexistence of sympatrically living cryptic species requires the evolution of species-specific signalling and recognition systems. In nocturnal, dispersed living species, specific vocalisations have been suggested to act as an ideal premating isolation mechanism. We studied the structure and perception of male advertisement calls of three nocturnal, dispersed living mouse lemur species, the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus), the golden brown mouse lemur (M. ravelobensis) and the Goodman's mouse lemur (M. lehilahytsara). The first two species occur sympatrically, the latter lives allopatrically to them. |
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