My main research goal has been to understand the adaptive function of chimpanzee vocal behaviour mainly by exploring its social and ecological correlates. For my current project, I investigate audience effects on calling of the Sonso community of chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda. I am also interested in the adaptive function of calls given in agonistic contexts and the role of vocalisations in facilitating behavioural coordination among males.

 

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Publications

Fedurek, P., Slocombe, K.E., Enigk, D.K., Emery Thompson, M., Wrangham, R.W., Muller, M.N. (in press) The relationship between testosterone and long-distance calling in wild male chimpanzees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Fedurek, P., Slocombe, K.E., Zuberbuhler, K. (2015) Chimpanzees communicate to two different audiences during aggressive interactions. Animal Behaviour , 110, 21-28

Fedurek, P., Slocombe, K.E., Hartel, J.A. & Zuberbuhler, K. (2015) Chimpanzee lip-smacking facilitates cooperative behaviour. Scientific Reports , 5:13460

Fedurek, P., Donnellan, E., Slocombe, K.E. (2014) Social and ecological correlates of long-distance pant hoot calls in male chimpanzees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology , 68, 1345-135

Fedurek, P., Schel, A.M., Slocombe, K.E. (2013) The acoustic structure of chimpanzee pant-hooting facilitates chorusing. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67, 1781-1789

Fedurek, P., Machanda, Z.P.,Schel, A.M.,Slocombe, K.E. (2013) Pant hoot chorusing and social bonds in male chimpanzees. Animal Behaviour, 86, 189-196

Fedurek, P. & Slocombe, K.E. (2013). The social function of food-associated calls in male chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology, 75, 716-739, Special Issue on Primate Signals

Danel, D., Fedurek, P., Coetzee, V., Stephen, I., Nowak, N., Stirrat, M., Perrett, D., Saxton, T., (2012). A cross-cultural comparison of population-specific face shape preferences (Homo sapiens). Ethology, 118, 1173-1181.

Fedurek, P. & Slocombe, K.E. (2011). Primate vocal communication: a useful tool for understanding human speech and language evolution? Human Biology, 83, 153-173

Fedurek, P. & Dunbar, R.I.M. (2009). What does mutual grooming tell us about why chimpanzees groom? Ethology, 115, 566-575

Roberts, S.G.B., Wilson, R., Fedurek, P., Dunbar, R.I.M. (2008). Individual differences and personal social network size and structure. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 954-964