Animals can congregate in groups for many reasons, from reproductive assurance to
improved foraging or predation efficiency, to avoiding themselves becoming the target of …

Alarm calling is a widespread antipredator behaviour. Although the function and evolution of
alarm call behaviour have long been studied in detail, only in the last decade has there …

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

Deception is a universal feature of life, at all levels and in all relationships both within
species and between species, inside individuals and outside, with strong effects on both …

The use of 'tactical deception'is argued to have been important in the cognitive evolution of
the order Primates, but systematic studies of active deception in wild non-human primates …

Alarm calls and food-associated calls from a diverse range of species are said to be
functionally referential, in that receivers can use these sounds to predict environmental …

Alarm calls are interesting for both proximate and ultimate reasons. Because of their usually
close connection with relevant events in the environment, they can reveal much about the …

The evolution of parental care is beneficial if it facilitates offspring performance traits that are
ultimately tied to offspring fitness. While this may seem self‐evident, the benefits of parental …

Human communities teem with a variety of social norms. In order to change unjust and
harmful social norms, it is crucial to identify the psychological processes that give rise to …

Forest fragmentation and habitat loss are among the major current extinction causes.
Remaining fragments are mostly small, isolated and showing poor quality. Being primarily …