The Evolution of Alarm Calls
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The selective forces which can maintain traits such as alarm calls which are individually disadvantageous but socially advantageous are considered. The particular case in which flocks consist of sets of brothers and sisters is analyzed in detail. It is shown that equilibria with intermediate gene frequencies can exist but are unstable; the conditions for stable polymorphism for altruistic traits are briefly discussed.
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There are at least two reasons to believe that rats or mice display social transmission of information about threats: it is described in many other species, and laboratory mice and rats emit alarm calls in different modalities.
“However, there are at least two reasons to believe that they display this form of social behaviors.First, it was described in many other species, including birds, monkeys and zebrafish.148,149 Secondly, laboratory mice and rats do emit alarm calls in different modalities (see below).”
From Ecological validity of social interaction tests in rats and mice (2019) · cites this paper as [149]
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- Authors
- Smith, J. M.
- Corresponding author
- Smith, J. Maynard
- Venue
- The American Naturalist
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1965-01
- Volume
- 99
- Issue
- 904
- Pages
- 59-63
- ISSN
- 0003-0147 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5323
- OpenAlex
- W2041032569
- Cited by
- 236
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The American Naturalist (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Keywords
- alarm calls, evolution of altruism, kin selection, social evolution, social advantage
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