Mother goats do not forget their kids’ calls

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Vol. 279; no. 1743; pp. 3749 - 3755
• Main Authors: Briefer, Elodie F., Padilla de la Torre, Monica, McElligott, Alan G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 22.09.2012
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Analysis of Variance; Animal vocalization; Animals; Capra hircus; Female; Female animals; Goat kids; Goats; Goats - physiology; Individual Recognition; Long-Term Memory; Male; Mammal; Mammals; Maternal Behavior; Memory; Mothers; Parents; Principal Component Analysis; Recognition (Psychology); Social behavior; Time Factors; Videotape Recording; Vocal Communication; Vocalization, Animal; Weaning

Parent–offspring recognition is crucial for offspring survival. At long distances, this recognition is mainly based on vocalizations. Because of maturation-related changes to the structure of vocalizations, parents have to learn successive call versions produced by their offspring throughout ontogen...