Animal acoustic communication often takes the form of complex sequences, made up of
multiple distinct acoustic units. Apart from the well‐known example of birdsong, other …

Recognition of conspecifics occurs when individuals classify sets of conspecifics based on
sensory input from them and associate these sets with different responses. Classification of …

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

The study of marine soundscapes is a growing field of research. Recording hardware is
becoming more accessible; there are a number of off-the-shelf autonomous recorders that …

Individually distinct vocalizations are widespread among social animals, presumably caused
by variation in vocal tract anatomy. A less-explored source of individual variation is due to …

ABSTRACT The Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) is one of the most colonial
mammals, with colonies of up to hundreds of thousands of individuals during the breeding …

The ability to recognize the identity of conspecifics is a key component for survival of many
animal species and is fundamental to social interactions such as parental care, intra-sexual …

Highlights•Sea lion mothers use multiple senses for pup recognition.•Individually, acoustic
and olfactory cues convey accurate identity information.•Acoustic, olfactory and visual cues …

Individual distinctiveness in acoustic signals can allow receivers to respond appropriately to
different individuals. The aim of this research was to examine signal variation and to …

Cues to individuality, and the corresponding capacity for individual-level discrimination, can
allow individually specific investment by conspecifics into offspring, partners, neighbors or …