Animal Communication: Chit-Chat in Meerkats
Coordinated behaviors are the hallmark of animal societies. General mechanisms for the emergence of social group dynamics are still unknown. New research suggests that a vocal feedback loop explains the appearance of coordinated vocal exchanges in large groups of meerkats. Coordinated behaviors are...
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| Published in | Current biology Vol. 28; no. 22; pp. R1298 - R1300 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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England
Elsevier Ltd
19.11.2018
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| Summary: | Coordinated behaviors are the hallmark of animal societies. General mechanisms for the emergence of social group dynamics are still unknown. New research suggests that a vocal feedback loop explains the appearance of coordinated vocal exchanges in large groups of meerkats.
Coordinated behaviors are the hallmark of animal societies. General mechanisms for the emergence of social group dynamics are still unknown. New research suggests that a vocal feedback loop explains the appearance of coordinated vocal exchanges in large groups of meerkats. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0960-9822 1879-0445 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.038 |