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Contact Calls

Contact Call is a type of vocalization in animal communication that functions specifically to maintain acoustic contact between individuals within a social group, thereby facilitating cohesion and coordination without conveying detailed information about identity or location.

319

Publications

14.6K

Citations

839

Authors

431

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

54

Variants

Contact Call

Parents

Publications

319

The Rules of Beeping: Exchanging Messages Via Intentional “Missed Calls” on Mobile Phones

Jonathan Donner · Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication · 2007 · 355 citations · Full text

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The social contexts of some very low frequency calls of African elephants

Joyce H. Poole, Katherine Payne, William R. Langbauer et al. · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1988 · 280 citations

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Vocal plasticity in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Evidence for social factors in the learning of contact calls.

Susan M. Farabaugh, Alison Linzenbold, Robert J. Dooling · Journal of comparative psychology · 1994 · 251 citations

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Contexts and social correlates of long-distance calling by male chimpanzees

John C. Mitani, Toshisada Nishida · Animal Behaviour · 1993 · 226 citations · Full text

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College students’ perceptions of calling in work and life: A qualitative analysis

I. Roy Hunter, Bryan J. Dik, James H. Banning · Journal of Vocational Behavior · 2009 · 221 citations

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Authors

839

  1. RJ
    Robert J. Dooling

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    13 publications · 808 citations

    13

    h-index

  2. JW
    Jack W. Bradbury

    Cornell University, United States

    8 publications · 444 citations

    8

    h-index

  3. AL
    Alban Lemasson

    Université de Rennes, France

    8 publications · 380 citations

    8

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  4. KZ
    Klaus Zuberbühler

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 377 citations

    7

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  5. DL
    Dorothy L. Cheney

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    5 publications · 387 citations

    5

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Institutions

431

  1. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    14 h-index

    33 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    12 h-index

    27 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    925 citations

  5. Centre d'Etude en Ethologie et Cognition

    Rennes, France

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    890 citations

  6. Cornell Lab of Ornithology

    Ithaca, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    824 citations

  7. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    498 citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    24 publications · 1.7K citations

    23

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  2. Behaviour

    15 publications · 688 citations

    13

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  3. Journal of comparative psychology

    13 publications · 805 citations

    12

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  4. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 11 publications · 601 citations

    11

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  5. Ethology

    12 publications · 526 citations

    11

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