Agonistic Vocalisations in Domestic Cats : A Case Study
Författare
Redaktör
- Malin Svensson Lundmark
- Gilbert Ambrazaitis
- Joost van de Weijer
Summary, in English
Introducing a new cat to a home with resident cats may lead to stress, aggression and even fights. In this case study 468 agonistic cat vocalisations were recorded as one cat was introduced to three resident cats in her new home. Six vocalisation types were identified: growl, howl, howl-growl, hiss, spit and snarl. Numerous other intermediate and complex vocalisations were also observed. An acoustic analysis showed differences within and between all types. Future studies include further acoustic analyses of cat vocalisations produced by a larger number of cats.
Publiceringsår
2015
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
85-90
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Working Papers
Volym
55
Fulltext
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Dokumenttyp
Konferensbidrag
Förlag
Lund University
Ämne
- General Language Studies and Linguistics
Conference name
Fonetik 2015
Conference date
2015-06-08 - 2015-06-10
Conference place
Lund, Sweden
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0280-526X