Chapter 12
Self Quiz
Summary
Communication
Animal
communication
involves transfer of information from
to
and
operates
via
different
in various behavioral
.
Sometimes the
must decide whether the signal is "honest"; the
principle predicts that signals can be treated as honest if they are costly to
fake.
Communication in the context of
include
calling,
the
dance
of
honeybees
and
in
leaf
cutter
ants.
Some signals serve to convey the intention to engage in
rather than in other behavior such as
aggression.
Aquatic modes of communication include
communication
in water striders, and
discharge
in many species of
fish.
Modes of communication to signal
interactions include
color
change in salmon and
in
ravens.
Some mammals are capable of
about their
communication
system, and start to
develop
a "dialect".
Among many primate species, complex
behaviors
allow maintenance of group harmony after acts of aggression.
Alarm calls among non-kin may be a form of
mate
to increase the individual's chances of mating and producing offspring.
Some animals engage in
communication
to increase their own fitness.
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