Yellow-bellied marmots discriminate between the alarm calls of individuals and are more responsive to calls from juveniles

Authors: Blumstein, D. T.ORCID; Daniel, J. C.

Year: 2004

Journal: Animal Behaviour, Vol. 68, pp. 1257-1265

Publisher: UNKNOWN

DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.12.024

Keywords: COMMUNICATION, RMBL, ALARM CALL, YELLOW-BELLIED MARMOT, MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS

Abstract

It is shown that individuals are able to identify when young, and presumably vulnerable, marmots are calling, and to respond by engaging in vigilance and to discriminate between at least one broad age–sex category.

Yellow-bellied marmots discriminate between the alarm calls of individuals and are more responsive to calls from juveniles

Abstract

Local Knowledge Graph (17 entities)

Related Works

Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: I. The meaning of situationally variable alarm calls

Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: II. The importance of direct fitness

Reliability and the adaptive utility of discrimination among alarm callers

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Yellow-bellied Marmots 1965 and Continuing after 2001.

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Yellow-bellied Marmots

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Yellow-bellied Marmots

Beavers in North Elk Meadows

Beavers: Biologists "Rediscover" a Natural Resource

An Ecological Basis for Beaver Management in the Rocky Mountain Region

Cited By (117 times, 17 in Knowledge Hub)

Nonlinear phenomena in marmot alarm calls: a mechanism encoding fear?

Does rainfall or temperature influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

Social security: individuals in socially reciprocal groups may perceive security from predators

Does current weather or seasonality influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

Social Security: social relationship strength and connectedness influence how marmots respond to alarm calls

Assessing the sensitivity of foraging and vigilance to internal state and environmental variables in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>).

Ontogenetic variation of heritability and maternal effects in yellow-bellied marmot alarm calls.

Age and sex influence marmot antipredator behavior during periods of heightened risk

Quantifying human disturbance on antipredator behavior and flush initiation distance in yellow-bellied marmots

The potential to encode sex, age, and individual identity in the alarm calls of three species of Marmotinae

Peripheral obstructions influence marmot vigilance: integrating observational and experimental results

The sound of arousal: the addition of novel non-linearities increases responsiveness in marmot alarm calls

The structure, meaning and function of yellow-bellied marmot pup screams

The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot alarm communication

An empirical study of acoustic source localization

Individual, age and sex-specific information is contained in yellow-bellied marmot alarm calls

Reliability and the adaptive utility of discrimination among alarm callers

References (45)

Social enhancement of fitness in yellow-bellied marmots

Cooperative breeding in marmots

A 32-year demography of yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Does sociality drive the evolution of communicative complexity? A comparative test with ground-dwelling sciurid alarm calls

Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: I. The meaning of situationally variable alarm calls

Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: II. The importance of direct fitness

Social and population dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots: results from long-term research

Marmota flaviventris