Referential signalling in birds: the past, present and future
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.08.015
Abstract: Many species produce specific signals in response to environmental events. The specificity of these signals allows receivers to react appropriately to an event in the absence of other contextual cues. These functionally referential signals can… read more here.
Keywords: functionally referential; referential signals; signalling birds; referential signalling ... See more keywords
Birds orient their heads appropriately in response to functionally referential alarm calls of heterospecifics
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.04.010
Abstract: Vertebrate alarm calls signal danger and often encode graded or categorical information about predator proximity or type. In addition to allowing communication with conspecifics, alarm calls are a valuable source of information for eavesdropping heterospecifics.… read more here.
Keywords: functionally referential; alarm; information; response ... See more keywords