Functional reference in an alarm signal given during nest defence: seet calls of yellow warblers denote brood-parasitic brown-headed cowbirds

By S. Gill, S. Sealy. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2004

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

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Production and perception of situationally variable alarm calls in wild tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella nigritus) (2010, background): “…in Fichtel and Kappeler 2002; Caro 2005), there is support for such alarm call systems in both suricates (Suricata suricatta), which simultaneously vary aspects of the calls with risk urgency (Manser 2001; Manser et al. 2001), and several avian taxa (e.g., Seddon et al. 2002; Gill and Sealy 2004).”
Semantic communication in birds: evidence from field research over the past two decades (2016, background): “Interestingly, warblers that are allopatric with cowbirds do not vocally discriminate between cowbirds and nest predators and mix different calls into a single mobbing calling bout (Gill and Sealy 2004), suggesting the importance of learning in the usage of discrete call types.”
Reed warblers discriminate cuckoos from sparrowhawks with graded alarm signals that attract mates and neighbours (2008, background): “The seet calls are therefore ‘functionally referential’ (Marler et al. 1992) because they specifically denote cowbirds (Gill & Sealy 2004).”
FLIGHT CALLS AND THEIR VALUE FOR FUTURE ORNITHOLOGICAL STUDIES AND CONSERVATION RESEARCH (2005, background): “Also, although Hamilton (1962) did not believe that predators play a major role in shaping fl ight calls, Gill and Sealy (2003, 2004) found evidence that highfrequency seet calls alert individuals to brood parasites.”
Chapter 8 Survivor Signals (2009, background): “In a population allopatric with cowbirds, seet calls were rarely produced in response to cowbird or avian nest predatormodels and never to seet playbacks, suggesting that the seet calls can take on a specific meaning (Gill and Sealy, 2004).”
On the Meaning of Alarm Calls: A Review of Functional Reference in Avian Alarm Calling (2013, background): “…is assessed by documenting alarm call types and associated eliciting stimuli, through naturalistic observations (e.g. Leavesley & Magrath 2005) or experiments with live captive animals, taxidermic models or video images (e.g. Evans &Marler 1991; Gill & Sealy 2004; Templeton et al. 2005).”
Advances in the Study of Coevolution Between Avian Brood Parasites and Their Hosts (2014, background): “Some host species have alarm calls that specifically denote a parasite (Gill & Sealy 2004, Feeney et al. 2013).”