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CAREER: Evaluating the relationship between functional diversity and information flow in multi-species bird flocks

US NSF grant open #nsf-2542565

Summary

Information about predators is a primary driver in the development of animal signals communicating danger. Given that many species are social and share potential predators, many of these signals are shared amongst species that occur in multi-species groups. But do all species provide equally valuable information to others in their social community or are many species redundant in detecting and alerting others to danger? Does this make certain species in groups more important in providing information than others? This project aims to look at the underlying characteristics of species in differe

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