DEAR EDITOR,We examined the vocal repertoire of the critically endangered white-headed langur(Trachypithecus leucocephalus)inhabiting karst limestone forests in China.We identified 17 call types across all age/sex cla...DEAR EDITOR,We examined the vocal repertoire of the critically endangered white-headed langur(Trachypithecus leucocephalus)inhabiting karst limestone forests in China.We identified 17 call types across all age/sex classes based on human auditory perception,spectrogram assessment,and quantitative analysis of 25 acoustic parameters extracted from 409 high-quality calls.In total,11 types of calls produced by adults corresponded to the simple one-male multi-female social groups of white-headed langurs.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31900335, 31870514,32170492)Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA23080000, XDA19050000)+2 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2020M670453)Guangxi Science&Technology Project (2021AC19023)Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology,Guangxi Normal University(20-A-01-05)。
文摘DEAR EDITOR,We examined the vocal repertoire of the critically endangered white-headed langur(Trachypithecus leucocephalus)inhabiting karst limestone forests in China.We identified 17 call types across all age/sex classes based on human auditory perception,spectrogram assessment,and quantitative analysis of 25 acoustic parameters extracted from 409 high-quality calls.In total,11 types of calls produced by adults corresponded to the simple one-male multi-female social groups of white-headed langurs.