Animal Behavior Exam 3

Signaler

The sender of the message; benefits are communication or manipulation/ deceit of the receiver

Can refer to specific objects or events in the world

Vary quantitatively

Receiver

The individual that is getting the signal; benefits are communication from signaler or eavesdropping and exploitation so predate hunting prey

Costs are manipulation/ deceit and ignoring the signal may not be best

Quantitative signal examples

Facial expressions and body signals

Status badges= correlation between signal and underlying state of the sender of how strong they are based on colors and patterns (wasps= motor yellow black patterns on face the more aggressive)

Concept of Information

Inferred from correlation between signal and other information

Signals seem to mean something in that they encode information about the world or signaler