Dr Andy Radford - Cooperation and conflict in social birds
The Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour seminar series. All welcome.
A Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour seminar | |
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Date | 26 February 2016 |
Time | 14:00 to 15:00 |
Place | Washington Singer 105 |
Event details
Abstract
Groups of cooperative breeders are hotbeds of cooperation and conflict. In the first half of this talk, I will describe fieldwork on a habituated population of pied babblers examining how sentinels and foragers utilise vocalisations to optimise their behaviour. I will show how (a) foragers use the calls of sentinels to detect their presence and height, as well as the current level of risk, and thus maximise their foraging success; and (b) sentinels use the calls of foragers to minimise the cost of a cooperative act. In the second half of the talk, I will describe work on a wild population of green woodhoopoes that investigates the lasting impacts of between-group conflict on within-group behaviour. I will demonstrate how interactions with rival groups influence post-conflict affiliation between group members, resource use and consensus decision-making.
Dr Andy Radford (University of Bristol), will be giving a seminar with the title 'Cooperation and conflict in social birds '.
The CRAB seminar series is organised by Elisa Frasnelli (e.frasnelli@exeter.ac.uk).
Allopreening (van Rooyen)
Location:
Washington Singer 105