What is communication between animals? Communicative signals carry information about Communication is the transmission and Food (eg. food vectors) reception of signals between animat Danger (eg alarm calls) A signal is a stimulus transmited hom one organism to another The communicator's traits (eg. readiness to mate, value for a mate, readiness to fight) What is a signal? What kinds of information do animals communicate? Communicative signals are ekchanges between In some eusocial insect species, indivkdals transter information about food vectors to other members of the colony Conspecifics (sooal group members. potential mates parents- offspring) vereu How do fire ants communicate information about food vectors? Cross-species (eg predator and prey) Weow ei e Communicating food vectors with pheromone trails in ants es for telnd fad and ika cokny thy Au d n no la ot heavy for a s indhide ouny onwspcietan able se lurm um peratirulyaryches isem Cs Scanned with CamScanner

What is communication between animals? Communicative signals carry information about Communication is the transmission and Food (eg. food vectors) reception of signals between animat Danger (eg alarm calls) A signal is a stimulus transmited hom one organism to another The communicator's traits (eg. readiness to mate, value for a mate, readiness to fight) What is a signal? What kinds of information do animals communicate? Communicative signals are ekchanges between In some eusocial insect species, indivkdals transter information about food vectors to other members of the colony Conspecifics (sooal group members. potential mates parents- offspring) vereu How do fire ants communicate information about food vectors? Cross-species (eg predator and prey) Weow ei e Communicating food vectors with pheromone trails in ants es for telnd fad and ika cokny thy Au d n no la ot heavy for a s indhide ouny onwspcietan able se lurm um peratirulyaryches isem Cs Scanned with CamScanner

BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)

10th Edition

ISBN:9781305967359

Author:STARR

Publisher:STARR

Chapter39: Animal Behavior

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