On the meaning of alarm calls: functional reference in an avian vocal system

@article{Evans1993OnTM,
  title={On the meaning of alarm calls: functional reference in an avian vocal system},
  author={C. S. Evans and L. Evans and P. Marler},
  journal={Animal Behaviour},
  year={1993},
  volume={46},
  pages={23-38}
}
  • C. S. Evans, L. Evans, P. Marler
  • Published 1993
  • Computer Science
  • Animal Behaviour
    • Abstract Abstract. Male chickens, Gallus gallus , produce qualitatively different alarm calls in response to terrestrial and aerial predators. Field observations suggest that ground alarm calls are evoked principally by animals moving on the substrate, while aerial alarm calls are produced in response to objects moving overhead. In the present study, both types of alarm call were elicited in the laboratory using visual stimuli presented on a video-monitor. Aerial alarm calls were reliably… CONTINUE READING
    View PDF
    372 Citations
    Highly Influencial Citations
    12
    Background Citations
    155
    Methods Citations
    9
    Results Citations
    1

    Topics from this paper

    Explore Further: Topics Discussed in This Paper

      372 Citations
      Citation Type

      Citation Type

      studied production specificity and contextual independence in the alarm calls of seven marmot species (
      • PDF
      Alarm Calls in Birds and Mammals
      • 5
      Responses of vervet monkeys in large troops to terrestrial and aerial predator alarm calls
      • 41
      • PDF
      Dynamic changes in alarm call structure: A strategy for reducing conspicuousness to avian predators?
      • 51
      Golden-marmot alarm calls. II: Asymmetrical production and perception of situationally specific vocalizations ?
      • 15
      Alarm calls of white-faced capuchin monkeys: an acoustic analysis
      • 60
      On the Meaning of Alarm Calls: A Review of Functional Reference in Avian Alarm Calling
      • 80
      • Highly Influenced
      • PDF
      Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: I. The meaning of situationally variable alarm calls
      • 209
      • PDF
      Sound familiar? Acoustic similarity provokes responses to unfamiliar heterospecific alarm calls
      • 66
      • PDF
      Fowl communicate the size, speed and proximity of avian stimuli through graded structure in referential alarm calls
      • 36
      • PDF