ABSTRACT A growing body of work suggests that breeding birds have a significant capacity
to assess and respond, over ecological time, to changes in the risk of predation to both …

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding
predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment …

Animal communication is first and foremost about signal transmission and aims to
understand how communication occurs. It is a field that has contributed to and been inspired …

Potential prey are often exposed to multiple predators that vary in their foraging tactics and
ability to detect prey. For animals that rely on crypsis to avoid predators, one solution is to …

Three factors and their interaction effects are increasingly recognized as important
determinants of nest predation: nest concealment, nest height, and predator type. The risk of …

Birds raise their young under constant risk of predation, which shapes how parents and
young communicate acoustically. Nestling begging calls extract care from parents but …

We examined nest defence behaviour in relation to predator distance and type, and nest
height in three closely related Acrocephalus warblers: moustached warbler, A …

Individuals of many avian and mammalian species produce antipredator calls when they
encounter a predator. These calls often vary in acoustic structure depending on the type or …

Evolutionary models suggest that the cost of a signal can ensure its honesty. Empirical
studies of nestling begging imply that predator attraction can impose such a cost. However …

The Australian magpie is one of our nation's most popular and iconic birds. It is loved for its
impressive vocal abilities, propensity to play, excellent parenting and willingness to form …