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Table 6 Variation in male grunt characteristics in three different contexts

From: Vocal communication in a complex multi-level society: constrained acoustic structure and flexible call usage in Guinea baboons

Acoustic parameters

Greeting

Infant handling

Affiliation

F

p

Duration [ms]

289 ± 76

294 ± 219

229 ± 53

4.9

0.008

DFA2 mean [Hz]

400 ± 50

410 ± 42

396 ± 35

3.2

0.042

DFB1ch mean [Hz]

6 ± 3

2 ± 3

2 ± 2

11.5

0.000

Range [Hz]

741 ± 240

820 ± 293

896 ± 318

5.4

0.005

PFtr mean [Hz]

56 ± 34

53 ± 35

47 ± 35

1.3

0.262

Cs mean

0.99 ± 0.01

0.98 ± 0.01

0.99 ± 0.01

0.61

0.941

F0 mean [Hz]

62 ± 11

55 ± 6

56 ± 7

16.1

0.000

Noise [%]

53 ± 39

10 ± 15

5 ± 11

91.5

0.000

Hnr1

0.06 ± 0.04

0.10 ± 0.03

0.09 ± 0.03

11.2

0.000

  1. Mean ± SD are shown and results of LMM analysis with context as fixed factor and caller ID as random factor, with adjusted p values (Simes correction for multiple testing). Bold numbers indicate the both most important parameters.