12.12.2024Stuart Watson & al. investigated call duration and inter-call interval durations in the submissive vocal bouts of meerkats

The call sequences produced by meerkats in submissive contexts represent an exception to the widespread Menzerath’s Law at the level of vocal units but did adhere to it at the level of inter-call intervals. Intriguingly, we found  that the durations of both calls and inter-call intervals were, on average, longer the closer they were located to the end of the bout.

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