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Communication Ecology

Communication Ecology is a theoretical framework that examines the dynamic interplay between communicative behaviors and their environmental, social, and ecological contexts, particularly as they shape and are shaped by the adaptive strategies of mammals within marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

252

Publications

14.3K

Citations

617

Authors

348

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

62

Parents

Publications

252

Long-distance communication of acoustic cues to social identity in African elephants

Karen McComb, David Reby, Lucy Baker et al. · Animal Behaviour · 2003 · 317 citations · Full text

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Constraints on the Design of Chemical Communication Systems in Terrestrial Vertebrates

Allison C. Alberts · The American Naturalist · 1992 · 299 citations

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The social contexts of some very low frequency calls of African elephants

Joyce H. Poole, Katherine Payne, William R. Langbauer et al. · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1988 · 280 citations

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Mixed messages across multiple trophic levels: the ecology of bark beetle chemical communication systems

Kenneth F. Raffa · Chemoecology · 2001 · 224 citations

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Logical considerations in the study of animal communication

Charles F. Hockett · 1960 · 222 citations

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Authors

617

  1. CB
    Christophe Boesch

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    3 publications · 459 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. DE
    Damián E. Blasí

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    3 publications · 200 citations

    3

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  3. TJ
    Terry J. Ord

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    3 publications · 53 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. LA
    Lynette A. Hart

    University of California, Davis, United States

    3 publications · 91 citations

    3

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  5. JB
    J. Brian Houston

    University of Missouri, United States

    3 publications · 229 citations

    3

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Institutions

348

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    236 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    413 citations

  5. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    336 citations

  6. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    218 citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    214 citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    691 citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    29 publications · 2.1K citations

    24

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  2. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    7 publications · 702 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. American Behavioral Scientist

    ABS · 6 publications · 464 citations

    6

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  4. Journal of comparative psychology

    6 publications · 303 citations

    6

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  5. Ethology

    5 publications · 219 citations

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