Experimental evidence for compositional syntax in bird calls

Wild Birds Learn to Eavesdrop on Heterospecific Alarm Calls

(2015) Robert D. Magrath et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Assessment of predation risk through referential communication in incubating birds

(2015) Toshitaka N. Suzuki   Scientific Reports

Experimental Evidence for Phonemic Contrasts in a Nonhuman Vocal System

(2015) Sabrina Engesser et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Rates of signal evolution are associated with the nature of interspecific communication

(2014) David Wheatcroft et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Language evolution: syntax before phonology?

(2014) K. Collier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Communication about predator type by a bird using discrete, graded and combinatorial variation in alarm calls

(2013) Toshitaka N. Suzuki   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Variation in Note Composition ofChick-a-deeCalls is Associated with Signaler Flight in Carolina Chickadees,Poecile carolinensis

(2013) Todd M. Freeberg et al.   ETHOLOGY

On the Meaning of Alarm Calls: A Review of Functional Reference in Avian Alarm Calling

(2013) Sharon A. Gill et al.   ETHOLOGY

Do warning calls boost survival of signal recipients? Evidence from a field experiment in a group-living bird species

(2013) Michael Griesser   Frontiers in Zoology

Calling at a Food Source: Context-Dependent Variation in Note Composition of Combinatorial Calls in Willow Tits

(2013) Toshitaka N. Suzuki   ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Referential mobbing calls elicit different predator-searching behaviours in Japanese great tits

(2012) Toshitaka N. Suzuki   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Functionally Referential Communication in Mammals: The Past, Present and the Future

(2012) Simon W. Townsend et al.   ETHOLOGY

Linking social complexity and vocal complexity: a parid perspective

(2012) I. Krams et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Call combinations in monkeys: Compositional or idiomatic expressions?

(2011) Kate Arnold et al.   BRAIN AND LANGUAGE

Parental alarm calls warn nestlings about different predatory threats

(2011) Toshitaka N. Suzuki   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Long-Distance Calling by the Willow Tit, Poecile montanus, Facilitates Formation of Mixed-Species Foraging Flocks

(2011) Toshitaka N. Suzuki   ETHOLOGY

Information theoretical approaches to chick-a-dee calls of Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis).

(2011) Todd M. Freeberg et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Alarm calls of tufted titmice convey information about predator size and threat

(2010) Jason R. Courter et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Twitter evolution: converging mechanisms in birdsong and human speech

(2010) Johan J. Bolhuis et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

‘Chick-a-dee’ calls of Carolina chickadees convey information about degree of threat posed by avian predators

(2009) Chad M. Soard et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Campbell's Monkeys Use Affixation to Alter Call Meaning

(2009) Karim Ouattara et al.   PLoS One

Campbell's monkeys concatenate vocalizations into context-specific call sequences

(2009) K. Ouattara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mobbing calls signal predator category in a kin group-living bird species

(2009) M. Griesser   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

COMPLEXITY IN THECHICK-A-DEECALL OF CAROLINA CHICKADEES (POECILE CAROLINENSIS): ASSOCIATIONS OF CONTEXT AND SIGNALER BEHAVIOR TO CALL STRUCTURE

(2008) TODD M. FREEBERG   AUK

Chick-a-dee call variation in Carolina chickadees and recruiting flockmates to food

(2008) E. J. Mahurin et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Meaningful call combinations in a non-human primate

(2008) Kate Arnold et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Referential Calls Signal Predator Behavior in a Group-Living Bird Species

(2008) Michael Griesser   CURRENT BIOLOGY