Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) produce individually distinctive signature whistles
that broadcast the identity of the caller. Unlike voice cues that affect all calls of an animal …

We might be forced to listen to a high-frequency tone at our audiologist's office or we might
enjoy falling asleep with a white-noise machine, but the sounds that really matter to us are …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

In animal communication research, vocal labeling refers to incidents in which an animal
consistently uses a specific acoustic signal when presented with a specific object or class of …

Spectacular progress in molecular biology, genome-sequencing projects and genomics
makes this an appropriate time to attempt a comprehensive understanding of the molecular …

The process through which young male songbirds learn the characteristics of the songs of
an adult male of their own species has strong similarities with speech acquisition in human …

Experiments on decision making by humans show that the choices that we make can be
very labile. The magnitude of our preferences, and even our rank ordering of options, can …

Mate choice studies routinely assume female preferences for indicators of high quality in
males but rarely consider developmental causes of within-population variation in mating …

Individual recognition is critical in social animal communication, but it has not been
demonstrated for a complete vocal repertoire. Deciphering the nature of individual …

The focus of acoustic communication studies differs between birds and primates due to
differences between the avian and primate social structures. Contact calls exist in almost all …