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Communication


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Animal Cognition mammaliaAddessi, E., Crescimbene, L. & Visalberghi, E. 2007. Do capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) use tokens as symbols? Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 2579-2585.               October 2007



Animal Cognition avesAronov, D., Andalman, A.S. & Fee, M.S. 2008. A specialized forebrain circuit for vocal babbling in the juvenile songbird. Science 320: 630-634.     May 2008
See also:
Learning & memory  
  Signals & signal detection     



Animal Cognition mammaliaArnold, K., Pohlner, Y. & Zuberbuhler, K. 2008. A forest monkey's alarm call series to predator models. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 549-559.      February 2008     
See also:
Group-dynamics
 



Animal Cognition mammaliaArnold, K. & Zuberbuhler, K. 2008. Meaningful call combinations in a non-human primate. Current Biology 18: R202-R203.           March 2008


Animal Cognition avesBalsby, T.J.S. & Scarl, J.C. 2008. Sex-specific responses to vocal convergence and divergence of contact calls in orange-fronted conures (Aratinga canicularis). Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 2147-2154.     September 2008



Animal Cognition FishBass, A.H., Gilland, E.H. & Baker, R. 2008. Evolutionary origins for social vocalization in a vertebrate hindbrain-spinal compartment. Science 321: 417-421.     July 2008
See also: 
  Signals & signal detection       Neuroethology   


Animal Cognition mammaliaBelin, P., Fecteau, S., Charest, I., Nicastro, N., Hauser, M.D. & Armony, J.L. 2008. Human cerebral response to animal affective vocalizations. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 473-481.        March 2008



Animal Cognition mammaliaBlumstein, D. T. 2007. The evolution, function and meaning of marmot alarm communication. Advances in the study of behavior. 37: 371-401.     December 2007     
See also:
  Group-dynamics
 
  


Animal Cognition arthropodaBourke, A.F.G. 2007. Social evolution: community policing in insects. Current Biology 17: R519-R520.    July 2007
See also:
Group-dynamics   




Animal Cognition avesBrumm, H., Slater, P. 2007. Animal communication: timing counts. Current Biology 17: R521-R523.     July 2007




Animal Cognition avesBugnyar, T., Schwab, C., Schloegl, C., Kotrschal, K. & Heinrich, B. 2007. Ravens judge competitors through experience with play caching. Current Biology 17: 1804-1808.         October 2007  
See also:
Planning        Decision-making
 


Animal Cognition arthropodaBush, A.A., Yu, D.W. & Herberstein, M.E. 2008. Function of bright coloration in the wasp spider Argiope bruennichi (Araneae: Araneidae). Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 1337-1342.     June 2008     
See also:
Signals & signal detection   


Animal CognitionByrne, R.W. & Bates, L.A. 2007. Brain evolution: when is a group not a group? Current Biology 17: R883-R884.   October 2007     
See also:
Group-dynamics
 


Animal Cognition avesClark, C.J. & Feo, T.J. 2008. The Anna's hummingbird chirps with its tail: a new mechanism of sonation in birds. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 955-962.       April 2008
See also: Signals & signal detection      


Animal Cognition reptiliaCote, J., Boudsocq, S. & Clobert, J. 2008. Density, social information, and space use in the common lizard (Lacerta vivipara). Behavioral Ecology 19: 163-168.     January 2008


Animal Cognition mammaliaDuffy, K.G., Wrangham, R.W. & Silk, J.B. 2007. Male chimpanzees exchange political support for mating opportunities. Current Biology 17: R586-R587.    August 2007    
See also:
Group-dynamics       



Animal Cognition reptiliaVan Dyk, D.A. & Evans, C.S. 2008. Opponent assessment in lizards: examining the effect of aggressive and submissive signals. Behavioral Ecology 19: 895-901.       July 2008       
            See also: Signals & signal detection




Animal CognitionEftimie, R., de Vries, G., Lewis, M.A. 2007. Complex spatial group patterns result from different animals communication mechanisms. PNAS 104: 6974-6979.    April 2007  
See also:
Group-dynamics   


Animal Cognition avesEvans, C.S. & Evans, L. 2007. Representational signalling in birds. Biology Letters 3: 8-11.     February 2007
See also: Signals & signal detection  


Animal Cognition avesFitzsimmons, L.P., Foote, J.R., Ratcliffe, L.M. & Mennill, D.J. 2008. Eavesdropping and communication networks revealed through playback and an acoustic location system. Behavioral Ecology 19: 824-829.   July 2008     
See also: Signals & signal detection



Animal Cognition mammaliaFlack, J.C., deWaal, F. 2007. Context modulates signal meaning in primate communication. PNAS 104: 1581-1586  January 2007



Animal Cognition arthropodaFletcher, L.E. 2008. Cooperative signaling as a potential mechanism for cohesion in a gregarious sawfly larva, Perga affinis.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1127-1138.     May 2008
See also: 
Group-dynamics     



Animal CognitionFloreano, D., Mitri, S., Magnenat, S. & Keller, L. 2007. Evolutionary conditions for the emergence of communication in robots. Current Biology 17: 514-519.     March 2007



Animal Cognition avesFuller, R. A., Warren, P.H., Gaston, K.J. 2007. Daytime noise predicts nocturnal singing in urban robins. Biology Letters 3: 368-370.       August 2007
See also: Signals & signal detection



Animal Cognition mammaliaGhazanfar, A.S., Turesson, H.K., Maier, J.X., van Dinther, R., Patterson, R.D. & Logothetis, N.K. 2007. Vocal-tract resonances as indexical cues in rhesus monkeys. Current Biology 17: 425-430.     March 2007



Animal Cognition amphibiaGrafe, T.U. & Wagner, T.C. 2007. Multimodal signaling in male and female foot-flagging frogs Staurois guttatus (Ranidae): an altering function of calling. Ethology 113: 772- 781.
August 2007 
See also: 
Signals & signal detection     



Animal Cognition arthropodaGordon, D.M., Holmes, S. & Nacu, S. 2008. The short-term regulation of foraging in harvester ants. Behavioral Ecology 19: 217-222.     January 2008
See also:  Group-dynamics



Animal Cognition aves5Griesser, M. 2008. Referential calls signal predator behavior in a group-living bird species. Current Biology 18: 69-73.
January 2008         
See also: Group-dynamics   



Animal Cognition arthropodaGruter, C., Balbuena, M.S. & Farina, W.M. 2008. Informational conflicts created by the waggle dance. Proc. R. Soc. B. 1640: 1321-1327.         June 2008     
See also: Group-dynamics      Signals & signal detection    



Animal Cognition mammaliaHauser, M.D., Glynn, D., Wood, J. 2007. Rhesus monkeys correctly read the goal-relevant gestures of a human agent. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 1913-1918.              August 2007



Animal Cognition fishHeuschele, J., Candolin, U. 2007. An increase in pH boosts olfactory communication in sticklebacks. Biology Letters 3: 411-413.                    Signals & signal detection            August 2007



Animal Cognition amphibia
Hoke, K.L., Ryan, M.J. & Wilczynski, W. 2007. Integration of sensory and motor processing underlying social behavior in tundra frogs. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 641-649.          March 2007
See also:
Signals & signal detection     



Animal Cognition avesHollen, L. I., Bell, M.B.V. & Radford, A.N. 2008. Cooperative sentinel calling? Foragers gain increased biomass intake. Current Biology 18: 576-579.     April 2008  
See also:
Group-dynamics 



Animal Cognition mammaliaHollen, L.I., Manser, M.B. 2007. Motivation before meaning: motivational information encoded in meerkat alarm calls develops earlier than referential information. American Naturalist 169: 758-767.     April 2007



Animal Cognition mammaliaHollen, L.I. & Manser, M.B. 2007. Persistence of alarm-call behaviour in the absence of predators: a comparison between wild and captive-born meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Ethology 113: 1038-1047.     November 2007  
See also: 
 Group-dynamics
 



Animal Cognition mammaliaHollen, L.I., Clutton-Brock, T. & Manser, M.B. 2008. Ontogenic changes in alarm-call production and usage in meerkats (Suricata suricatta): adaptations or constraints? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 821-829       March 2008
See also:
Group-dynamics
 


Animal CognitionJackson, D.E. 2008. Fresh insights into the evolution of communication. Current Biology 18: R503-R504.
June 2008




Animal Cognition mammaliaJones, G. 2008. Sensory ecology: echolocation calls are used for communication. Current Biology 18: R34-R35.  
January 2008       



Animal CognitionKing, A.J. & Cowlishaw, G. 2007. When to use social information: the advantage of large group size in individual decision making. Biology Letters. 3: 137-139.       April 2007       
See also:
Group-dynamics       Decision-making  


Animal Cognition mammaliaKlein, J.T., Deaner, R.O. & Platt, M.L. 2008. Neural correlates of social target value in Macaque parietal cortex. Current Biology 18: 419- 424.     March 2008   
See also: Signals & signal detection         Neuroethology    


Animal Cognition Krause, J. Croft, D.P. & James, R. 2007. Social network theory in the behavioral sciences: potential applications. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 15-27.          November 2007
See also:  Group-dynamics  



Animal Cognition arthropodaLangridge, E.A., Sendova-Franks, A.B. & Franks, N.R. 2008. How experienced individuals contribute to an improvement in collective performance in ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 447-456.     January 2008  
See also:
Group-dynamics     


Animal Cognition arthropodaLeadbeater, E. & Chittka, L. 2008. Social transmission of nectar-robbing behaviour in bumblebees. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 1669-1674.   July 2008
See also: 
  Learning & memory  


Animal Cognition mammaliaLeavens, D.A. 2007. Animal cognition: multimodal tactics of orangutan communication. Current Biology 17: R762-R764.   September 2007               
See also:
Signals & signal detection   



Animal Cognition avesMagrath, R.D., Pitcher, B.J. & Gardner, J.L. 2007. A mutual understanding? Interspecific responses by birds to each other's aerial alarm calls. Behavioral Ecology 18: 944-951.        September 2007    



Animal Cognition mammaliaMarino, L., Connor, R.C., Fordyce, R.E., Herman, L.M., Hof, P.R., Lefebvre, L., Lusseau, D., McCowan, B., Nimchinsky, E.A., Pack, A.A., Rendell, L., Reidenberg, J.S., Reiss, D., Uhen, M.D., Van der Gucht, E. & Whitehead, H. 2007. Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition. PLoS Biology 5: e139.     May 2007    
See also: Neuroethology          




Animal Cognition arthropodaMattila, H.R., Burke, K.M. & Seeley, T.D. 2008. Genetic diversity within honeybee colonies increases signal production by waggle-dancing foragers. Proc. R. Soc. B.  275: 809-816.     April 2008
See also:
  Signals & signal detection  



Animal CognitionMcNamara, J.M., Barta, Z., Fromhage, L. & Houston, A.I. 2008. The coevolution of choosiness and cooperation. Nature 451: 189-192.     January 2008  
See also:
  Group-dynamics          


Animal Cognition mammaliaMunhall, K.G. & Byrne, S.K. 2007. Animal communication: Big talkers and small talk. Current Biology 17: R247- R249.
April 2007


Animal Cognition arthropodaNakano, R., Skals, N., Takanashi, T., Surlykke, A., Koike, T., Yoshida, K., Maruyama, H., Tatsuki, S. & Ishikawa, Y. 2008. Moths produce extremely quiet ultrasonic courtship songs by rubbing specialized scales. PNAS 105: 11812-11817.    August 2008     
            See also: Signals & signal detection  



Animal Cognition fishNakayama, S., Masuda, R. & Tanaka, M. 2007. Onsets of schooling behavior and social transmission in chub mackerel Scomber japonicus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 1383-1390.      August 2007
See also: 
Group-dynamics   



Animal Cognition avesPatricelli, G.L., Dantzker, M.S., Bradbury, J.W. 2007. Differences in acoustic directionality among vocalizations of the male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius pheoniceus) are related to function in communication.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 1099-1110.     May 2007



Animal Cognition mammaliaPetkov, C.I., Kayser, C., Steudel, T., Whittingstall, K., Augath, M. & Logothetis, N.K. 2008. A voice region in the monkey brain. Nature Neuroscience Online.     February 2008  
See also: Neuroethology  
Recognition       Signals & signal detection    


Animal Cognition mammaliaPollick, A.S., de Waal, F.B.M. 2007. Ape gestures and language evolution. PNAS. 104: 8184-8189.     May 2007



Animal Cognition aves5Prather, J.F., Peters, S., Nowicki, S. & Mooney, R. 2008. Precise auditory-vocal mirroring in neurons for learned vocal communication. Nature 451: 305-310.     January 2008    
See also: 
Neuroethology       Learning & memory         


Animal Cognition avesRadford, A.N., Ridley, A.R. 2007. Individuals in foraging groups may use vocal cues when assessing their need for anti-predator vigilance. Biology Letters. 3: 249-252.
June 2007
 
See also:
Group-dynamics         Communication   


Animal Cognition mammaliaRange, F., Viranyi, Z., Huber, L. 2007. Selective imitation in domestic dogs. Current Biology. 17: 868-872.
May 2007   


Animal Cognition avesRidley, A.R., Child, M.F. & Bell, M.B.V. 2007. Interspecific audience effects on the alarm-calling behaviour of a kleptoparasitic bird. 3: 589-591.             December 2007



Animal Cognition avesRipmeester, E.A.P., de Vries, A.M., Slabbekoorn, H. 2007. Do blackbirds signal motivation to fight with their song? Ethology 113: 1021-1028.               November 2007



Animal Cognition mammaliaRoss, M.D., Menzler, S. & Zimmermann, E. 2008. Rapid facial mimicry in orangutan play. Biology Letters 4: 27-30.     February 2008  
See also:
Group-dynamics       Emotions     


Animal Cognition mammaliaRutte, C. & Taborsky, M. 2007. Generalized reciprocity in rats. PLoS Biology 5: e196.        July 2007   
See also: 
Altruism     



Animal Cognition arthropodaSanter, R.D. & Hebets, E. A. 2008 Agonistic signals received by an arthropod filiform hair allude to the prevalence of near-field sound communication. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 363-368.       February 2008
 See also:  Signals & signal detection       


Animal Cognition mammaliaSchmidt, K.A., Lee, E., Ostfeld, R.S. & Sieving, K. 2008. Eastern chipmunks increase their perception of predation risk in response to titmouse alarm calls. Behavioral Ecology 19: 759-763.     July 2008
See also:   Signals & signal detection  



Animal Cognition amphibia
Shen, J., Feng, A.S., Xu, Z-M., Yu, Z.L., Arch, V.S., Yu, X-J. & Narins, P.M. 2008. Ultrasonic frogs show hyperacute phonotaxis to female courtship calls. Nature 453: 914-916.     June 2008
See also:
Signals & signal detection  



Animal Cognition mammaliaShier, D. M., Randall, J.A. 2007. Use of different signaling modalities to communicate status by dominant and subordinate Heermann's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys heermanni). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 1023-1032.
 
May 2007  
See also:
Signals & signal detection            Learning & memory   


Animal Cognition avesSeppanen, J.T. & Forsman, J.T. 2007. Interspecific social learning: novel preference can be acquired from a competing species. Current Biology 17: 1248- 1252.      July 2007   
See also:
Learning & memory   




Animal Cognition mammaliaSproul, C., Palleroni, A., & Hauser, M.D. 2006. Cottontop tamarin, Saguinus oedipus, alarm calls contain sufficient information for recognition of individual identity. Animal Behaviour 72: 1379-1385.     December 2006  
See also:
  Recognition



Animal Cognition reptiliaStuart-Fox, D. & Moussalli, A. 2008. Selection for social signalling drives the evolution of chameleon colour change. PLoS Biology 6:e25.    January 2008



Animal Cognition mammaliaTaglialatela, J.P., Russell, J.L., Schaeffer, J.A. & Hopkins, W.D. 2008. Communicative signaling activates "Broca's" homolog in chimpanzees. Current Biology 18: 343-348.     March 2008      
See also:
Neuroethology    



Animal Cognition avesTempleton, C.N. & Greene, E. 2007. Nuthatches eavesdrop on variations in heterospecific chickadee mobbing alarm calls. PNAS. 104: 5479-5482.       March 2007



Animal Cognition arthropodaThom, C., Gilley, D.C., Hooper, J. & Esch, H.E. 2007. The scent of the waggle dance. PLoS Biology 5:e228. September 2007  
See also:
 Signals & signal detection          Group-dynamics      


Animal CognitionValone, T.J. 2007. From eavesdropping on performance to copying the behavior of others: a review of public information use. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1-14.             November 2007



Animal CognitionValone, T.J. 2007. From eavesdropping on performance to copying the behavior of others: a review of public information use. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1-14.       November 2007
 


Animal Cognition arthropodaVaisquez, G.M. & Silverman, J. 2008. Queen acceptance and the complexity of nestmate discrimination in the Argentine ant. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 62: 537-548.   February 2008
See also: 
Recognition
         Group-dynamics  



Animal Cognition avesVehrencamp, S.L., Hall, M.L., Bohman, E.R., Depeine, C.D. & Dalziell, A.H. 2007. Song matching, overlapping, and switching in the banded wren: the sender's perspective. Behavioral Ecology 18: 849-859.
 September 2007 
See also: 
Signals & signal detection    


Animal Cognition reptiliaVergne, A.L. & Mathevon, N. 2008. Crocodile egg sounds signal hatching time. Current Biology 18: R513-R514.  June 2008
See also:
 Signals & signal detection  


Animal Cognition arthropodaVisscher, P.K. & Seeley, T.D. 2007. Coordinating a group departure: who produces the piping signals on honeybee swarms? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 1615-1621.      August 2007  
See also:
 Group-dynamics    



Animal Cognition avesVoigt, C., Leitner, S. & Gahr, M. 2007. Socially induced brain differentiation in a cooperatively breeding songbird. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 2645-2651.        November 2007
See also:
Group-dynamics                Neuroethology 



Animal Cognition mammaliaWhitham, J.C., Gerald, M.S. & Maestripieri D. 2007. Intended receivers and functional significance of grunt and girney vocalizations in free-ranging female rhesus macaques. Ethology 113: 862-874.      September 2007 
See also:
 Group-dynamics    



Animal Cognition reptiliaZanker, J.M. 2007. Animal communication: Reading lizards' body language in context. Current Biology 17: R806-R808.
September 2007
See also:
Signals & signal detection     



Animal Cognition aves5Zann, R. & Cash, E. 2008. Developmental stress impairs song complexity but not learning accuracy in non-domesticated zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 391-400
January 2008
 
See also:
  Learning & memory  



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