BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship: Contextual vocal learning and decision-making in social birds
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Biological Sciences
Abstract
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Technical Summary
By conducting the first experimental investigation of contextual vocal learning on a social bird species (the pied babbler), I plan to advance substantially our understanding of animal communication. Specifically, my three key objectives are to assess: (a) whether birds have the cognitive ability to learn and alter their calls depending on context; (b) when juveniles start correctly giving and responding to a variety of intraspecific and heterospecific calls; and (c) whether receivers take into account the caller's identity when responding to particular calls.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Andrew Radford (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Bell MB
(2009)
The value of constant surveillance in a risky environment.
in Proceedings. Biological sciences
Bell MB
(2010)
Bargaining babblers: vocal negotiation of cooperative behaviour in a social bird.
in Proceedings. Biological sciences
Golabek K
(2012)
Food availability affects strength of seasonal territorial behaviour in a cooperatively breeding bird
in Animal Behaviour
Gribben P
(2013)
Personality and plasticity: consistent responses within-, but not across-temperature situations in crabs
in Behaviour
Hollén L
(2011)
Ecological conditions influence sentinel decisions
in Animal Behaviour
Hollén LI
(2008)
Cooperative sentinel calling? Foragers gain increased biomass intake.
in Current biology : CB
Hollén LI
(2011)
Calling by concluding sentinels: coordinating cooperation or revealing risk?
in PloS one
Radford A
(2008)
Close calling regulates spacing between foraging competitors in the group-living pied babbler
in Animal Behaviour
Radford AN
(2006)
Recruitment calling: a novel form of extended parental care in an altricial species.
in Current biology : CB
Radford AN
(2009)
The higher the better: sentinel height influences foraging success in a social bird.
in Proceedings. Biological sciences
| Description | PhD studentship |
| Amount | £67,450 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2006 |
| End | 09/2010 |