Economic models of animal communication

Bradbury, Jack W.; Vehrencamp, Sandra L.

doi:10.1006/anbe.1999.1330

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“…The present study confirms the general conclusion drawn by Bradbury and Vahrenkamp (1998) that both game models and empirical studies demonstrate that previous exposure to (familiarity with) a contest area ('territory') increases the chance of winning the contest.…”

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“…The notion that it is the apparent asymmetry in the value of a territory for the resident and the intruder -residents have more to lose than intruders -that causes residents to win more often than intruders, has been termed the pay-off asymmetry hypothesis (Alcock, 1998; see also Bradbury and Vahrenkamp, 1998). A resident has invested more than the intruder in exploring its environment and, when present, in getting acquainted with its neighbours (Eason and Hannon, 1994).…”

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“…Zayan, 1974Zayan, , 1975Heuts, 1979;Krebs, 1982;Beletski and Orians, 1989;BAH, unpublihed data). The pay-off asymmetry hypothesis, further, predicts that intruders that manage to build up a certain tenure length of the territory while the resident is temporarily absent or not aware of the presence of the intruder, will be more aggressive and have a higher chance of winning the fight against the resident if the tenure length of the intruders becomes longer (Bradbury and Vahrenkamp, 1998). Thus, all other factors being neutralized, the residency effect (fight winning probability of the residents) should be greater in structurally diverse and resource-rich environment than in structurally poor environments without resources.…”

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Effect of environmental enrichment upon resource holding power in fish in prior residence situations

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Heuts

2000

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Effect of environmental enrichment upon resource holding power in fish in prior residence situations

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Heuts

2000

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“…Chimpanzees live in a low visibility environment within a fission-fusion social system, suggesting that vocal signals would be the optimum way of alerting kin and recruiting aid when faced with predation threat, intercommunity encounters, or dangerous intracommunity aggression. In these circumstances, in which the benefits of transmitting unambiguous information to conspecifics are great, it is expected that functionally referential signals should have evolved (Bradbury & Vehrencamp, 1998).…”

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Agonistic Screams in Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Vary as a Function of Social Role.

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Zuberbühler

2005

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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Some nonhuman primates have demonstrated the capacity to communicate about external objects or events, suggesting primate vocalizations can function as referential signals. However, there is little convincing evidence for functionally referential communication in any great ape species. Here, the authors demonstrate that wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of Budongo forest, Uganda, give acoustically distinct screams during agonistic interactions depending on the role they play in a conflict. The authors analyzed the acoustic structure of screams of 14 individuals, in the role of both aggressor and victim. The authors found consistent differences in the acoustic structure of the screams, across individuals, depending on the social role the individual played during the conflict. The authors propose that these 2 distinct scream variants, produced by victims and aggressors during agonistic interactions, may be promising candidates for functioning as referential signals.

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“…Insects also can utilize chemical, visual, and acoustic modalities to exchange information and coordinate complex courtship behaviors (Robinson et al 2005; Sanborn 2008; Sweeney et al 2003. Signals can be subjected to environmental distortions and, in some cases, less desirable signalers may send deceitful signals (Bradbury and Vehrencamp 2011a ). To increase signal honesty, many insect taxa rely on more than one signal modality (Elias et al 2010 ).…”

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The Long and the Short of Mate Attraction in a Psylloid: do Semiochemicals Mediate Mating in Aacanthocnema dobsoni Froggatt?

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Mating is preceded by a series of interdependent events that can be broadly categorized into searching and courtship. Long range signals convey species and sex specific information during searching, while short range signals provide information specific to individuals during courtship. Studies have shown that cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) can be used for mate recognition in addition to protecting insects from desiccation. In Psylloidea, four species rely on semiochemicals for long range mate attraction. Psyllid mating research has focused on long range mate attraction and has largely ignored the potential use of cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) as mate recognition cues. This study investigated whether CHCs of Aacanthocnema dobsoni have semiochemical activity for long and short range communication prior to mating. Using a solid sampler for solvent less injection of whole psyllids into coupled gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, we found quantitative, sex and age related differences in CHC profiles. Males had higher proportions of 2 MeC , 11,15 diMeC , and n C alkanes, while females had higher proportions of 5 MeC , 3 MeC , 5,15 diMeC , n C and n C alkanes. In males and females, 84 and 68 % of CHCs varied with age, respectively. Y tube olfactometer bioassays provided no evidence that males or females responded to odors emanating from groups of conspecifics of the opposite sex. Tests of male and female psyllids for attraction to branchlets previously occupied by conspecifics showed no evidence of attraction to possible semiochemical residues. Our short range chemoreception bioassay showed that males were as indifferent to freshly killed individuals of either sex with intact CHC profiles as to those treated with hexane (to remove CHCs). Aacanthocnema dobsoni utilizes substrate-borne vibrations (SBVs) for communication. Therefore, our results indicate that SBVs are probably more important than semiochemicals for long range mate attraction. Furthermore, CHCs are unlikely to mediate short range mate recognition or provide mate assessment cues.

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Economic models of animal communication

Cited by 793 publications

References 43 publications

Effect of environmental enrichment upon resource holding power in fish in prior residence situations

Effect of environmental enrichment upon resource holding power in fish in prior residence situations

Agonistic Screams in Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Vary as a Function of Social Role.

The Long and the Short of Mate Attraction in a Psylloid: do Semiochemicals Mediate Mating in Aacanthocnema dobsoni Froggatt?

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