Animal Communication BSCI 338C/BIOL 708D
Class Schedule
Assignments - Exams
Assignments - Papers
Assignments - Group project
Grading policy
Goals
Suggestions for success
Academic code of conduct
Definitions of communication
What is communication?
Who benefits?
Manipulation: cuckoos fool reed warblers
Exploitation: frog mating calls
True communication: food signalling
How is information transferred?
Sensory modalities and signals
Transmission of signals in different sensory modalities
When are signals honest?
Honesty: signal production is constrained
Condition-dependent signal costs
Sage grouse displays are costly
What to communicate about?
Email: gw10@umail.umd.edu
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