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Social Recognition in Anurans

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Psychological Mechanisms in Animal Communication

Part of the book series: Animal Signals and Communication ((ANISIGCOM,volume 5))

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Learning to recognize and categorize other individuals is a cornerstone of animal social behavior. By learning about individually distinctive signal properties, receivers can perceptually discriminate among conspecifics to direct appropriate behaviors toward particular individuals. One context for social recognition arises from contests over territories. In many species, territory residents exhibit reduced levels of aggression toward nearby neighbors, but maintain a readiness to respond aggressively to unfamiliar individuals. Territory residents and their neighbors, which remain competitive rivals despite reaching a truce, are often described as “dear enemies.” Although neighbor recognition is widespread across taxa, we have yet to satisfactorily elucidate the ecological and social factors that favor its evolution nor do we fully understand its underlying perceptual and cognitive mechanisms and how they potentially differ across species. Comparative and integrative studies of anurans (frogs and toads) have potential to address these gaps in current knowledge. After a brief introduction and primer on social recognition, this chapter critically reviews previous and ongoing work on vocally mediated neighbor recognition in territorial anurans. The focus is on comparing behavioral studies of recognition across species in light of similarities and differences in various ecological and social factors . Next, the chapter reviews studies aimed at elucidating the perceptual and cognitive mechanisms by which neighbor recognition is achieved by one particularly well-studied species. By adopting a case-study perspective, this chapter outlines the promise of comparative and integrative approaches to investigating the evolution and psychological mechanisms of social recognition in anurans, while also illustrating the perils that arise when inappropriate or inadequate methodologies are used in these investigations.

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    There have been recent upheavals in anuran taxonomy, with debates about nomenclature still ongoing (Frost et al. 2006; Pyron and Wiens 2011; Frost 2015; AmphibiaWeb 2016). In this chapter, my use of species names and higher order taxonomy follows AmphibiaWeb (2016).

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Bee, M.A. (2016). Social Recognition in Anurans. In: Bee, M., Miller, C. (eds) Psychological Mechanisms in Animal Communication. Animal Signals and Communication, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48690-1_7

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