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SUBMITTER: Kern JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5134046 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kern Julie M JM Radford Andrew N AN
Biology letters 20161101 11
Strong social bonds form between individuals in many group-living species, and these relationships can have important fitness benefits. When responding to vocalizations produced by groupmates, receivers are expected to adjust their behaviour depending on the nature of the bond they share with the signaller. Here we investigate whether the strength of the signaller-receiver social bond affects response to calls that attract others to help mob a predator. Using field-based playback experiments on ...[more]