‘Chick-a-dee’ calls of Carolina chickadees convey information about degree of threat posed by avian predators

Monkey Responses to Three Different Alarm Calls: Evidence of Predator Classification and Semantic Communication

Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney, Peter Marler · Science · 1980 · 1.4K citations

Engineering, Predator-prey Interaction, Communication +18

Allometry of Alarm Calls: Black-Capped Chickadees Encode Information About Predator Size

Christopher N. Templeton, Erick Greene · Science · 2005 · 653 citations

Biology, Potential Predator, Alarm Calls +15

Characteristics of Some Animal Calls

Peter Marler · Nature · 1955 · 576 citations

Animal Behaviour, Engineering, Bioacoustics +6

On the meaning of alarm calls: functional reference in an avian vocal system

Christopher S. Evans, Linda Evans, Peter Marler · Animal Behaviour · 1993 · 495 citations

Music, Avian Vocal System, Alarm Calls +13

Optimal strategies for predator avoidance: The relative importance of speed and manoeuvrability

Howard C. Howland · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1974 · 399 citations

Animal Behaviour, Optimal Strategies, Behavioral Sciences +8