Heterospecific eavesdropping in a nonsocial species

By A. Lea, June P. Barrera, Lauren M. Tom, Daniel T. Blumstein. 2008

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Subfields: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Chapter 8 Survivor Signals (2009, background): “In Gunther’s dik-diks (Madoqua guentheri), a monogamous, territorial, and nonsocial miniature antelope with a simple vocal repertoire, individuals responded to playback of white-bellied go-away bird (Corythaixoides leucogaster) alarm calls by running to cover, decreasing their foraging activity, inc”
Eavesdropping on other species: mutual interspecific understanding of urgency information in avian alarm calls (2010, methodology): “various species can therefore allow eavesdropping individuals to become less vigilant than if they were in a group of conspecifics (Dolby & Grubb 2000) or alone (Lea et al. 2008).”
An avian eavesdropping network: alarm signal reliability and heterospecific response (2009, background): “For example, some mammals eavesdrop on other mammals (Shriner 1998) or birds (Seyfarth and Cheney 1990; Lea et al. 2008; Müller and Manser 2008; Schmidt et al. 2008), and there is 1 report of a reptile eavesdropping on bird alarm calls (Vitousek et al. 2007).”
Why do birds participate in mixed-species foraging flocks? A large-scale synthesis (2009, background): “There is evidence that many animal species are able to recognize and use the information in the alarm calls of heterospecifics (Lea et al. 2008).”
Alarm calls of tufted titmice convey information about predator size and threat (2010, background): “…encoded in alarm calls can decrease the likelihood of predation for conspecifics (Baker and Becker 2002; Templeton et al. 2005), heterospecific group members (Hurd 1996; Templeton and Greene 2007); and heterospecific eavesdroppers (Lea et al. 2008; Schmidt and Ostfeld 2008; Schmidt et al. 2008).”