All Infants_3July2014final.xlsx

The first column of the spreadsheet contains the Macaulay catalog number and that is the link to the Macaulay database. The spreadsheet is basically the same as the Macaulay database except that the columns are organized in a slightly different way. From left to right the following columns can be found: ‘Macaulay catalog number’, ‘Recording Device’, ‘Focal individual’, ‘Focal Birthdate’, ‘Recordist record number’, the ‘Level of Recording’ as selected on the Nagra sound recorder, the ‘Quality outstanding’ column where an x indicates a recording that is outstanding for various reasons (such as a very clear, good-quality recording, a recording where the vocalization is without other, simultaneous vocalizations, a recording that is a good example of the development of infant vocalizations, a recording showing nice mother-infant interaction, a recording that illustrates how the infant ‘follows’ the vocalizations of the mother), the ‘Month’, ‘Day’ and ‘Year’ of the recording, the ‘Other individuals Vocalizing’ in the recording of the Focal Individual, the ‘Date’ of the recording, the ‘Focal age’ (the age in years of the focal individual at the date of recording), the ‘Individual(s) with sound/call type’, the ‘Observation of context’ and behaviors surrounding the vocalizations, the ‘Macaulay Library Public Notes’ field, the ‘Microphone’, the ‘Recorder’, and the ‘Tape Speed’. As is described in the Usage Notes section, the grammar of the column containing individual(s) with sound/call type is such that the sequence of vocalizing is preserved. This gives information on who initiated calling, if several individuals called. This is important because it shows that vocalizations of others often triggered infants to vocalize. In the column “Observation of the context and behaviors surrounding the vocalizations” the presence of nearby individuals was also noted, even if they did not vocalize.

该电子表格的第一列包含麦考利目录编号（Macaulay catalog number），此编号即为麦考利数据库（Macaulay database）的关联链接。本电子表格与麦考利数据库内容基本一致，仅列项的组织顺序略有差异。从左至右依次包含以下列：“麦考利目录编号”、“录音设备”、“焦点个体（focal individual）”、“焦点个体出生日期”、“录音师记录编号”、“Nagra录音机（Nagra sound recorder）上所选的录音级别”、“优质录音标记”列：该列中标记为“x”的录音因多种原因被判定为优质，例如音质清晰优良、焦点个体的鸣唱（vocalization）无其他同步鸣唱干扰、可作为幼崽鸣唱发育的良好范例、展现了良好的母幼互动模式、可直观展示幼崽如何“跟随”母体鸣唱等。随后依次为录音的“月份”、“日期”与“年份”、“焦点个体录音中的同期鸣唱其他个体”、“录音日期”、“焦点个体年龄”（即录音当日焦点个体的周岁年龄）、“鸣响/鸣唱类型关联个体”、“鸣唱相关背景与行为观测”、“麦考利图书馆（Macaulay Library）公开备注”字段、“麦克风”、“录音机”以及“磁带转速”。如使用说明章节所述，“鸣响/鸣唱类型关联个体”列的语法规则保留了鸣唱发生的先后顺序，可用于判断多位鸣唱个体中谁率先发起鸣唱。这一信息尤为关键，因为它能够揭示其他个体的鸣唱往往会触发幼崽进行鸣唱。在“鸣唱相关背景与行为观测”列中，研究人员同时记录了附近未参与鸣唱的个体的存在情况。