Alarm Calling and Kinship
Stephan C, Zuberbühler K (2021)
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2021
Publisher: Springer
Edited Volumes: Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science
City/Town: Cham
Pages Range: 163-171
ISBN: 9783319196497
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19650-3_1512
Abstract
Alarm calling is a widespread phenomenon in the animal kingdom, usually produced by individuals during predation attempts, a context with large fitness consequences, suggesting that the behavior has been under strong selection pressure. But there is something paradoxical about animal alarm calls. Why should an individual, faced with a potentially lethal predator, behave in conspicuous ways to warn others, rather than trying to escape or hide from the danger? This seemingly altruistic behavior has posed a major challenge for evolutionary theory and become the topic of countless studies. Two major research themes have been addressed with studies on animal alarm calls: the cognitive processes involved in call production and perception and the evolutionary forces that have shaped the behavior. The following sections...
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APA:
Stephan, C., & Zuberbühler, K. (2021). Alarm Calling and Kinship. In Todd K Shackelford, Viviana A Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. (pp. 163-171). Cham: Springer.
MLA:
Stephan, Claudia, and Klaus Zuberbühler. "Alarm Calling and Kinship." Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Ed. Todd K Shackelford, Viviana A Weekes-Shackelford, Cham: Springer, 2021. 163-171.
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