Chapter 06 Video Guide

Concept	Species	Video Description	Video Length	Hyperlink	Featured Research	Source
Chapter Opener	Fireflies	Firefly communication - Science Friday	4:32	Click here		NPR - Science Friday
6.1 Communication occurs when a specialized signal from one individual influences the behavior of another	Honeybees (Apis mellifera)	Description of honeybees' life history	1:30	Click here	Honeybees and the waggle dance	Maryann Frazier – Penn State University
6.1 Communication occurs when a specialized signal from one individual influences the behavior of another	Honeybees (Apis mellifera)	Orientation mechanism in honeybees	7:29	Click here	Honeybees and the waggle dance	Georgia Tech
6.1 Communication occurs when a specialized signal from one individual influences the behavior of another	Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pugerythrus)	Audio of the alarm calls of vervet monkeys	0:29	Click here	Auditory signals: alarm calls	BBC
6.1 Communication occurs when a specialized signal from one individual influences the behavior of another	Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pugerythrus)	Vervet monkeys give alarm calls to alert others to the presence of leopard; also shows baboons barking and squirrels calling	4:10	Click here	Auditory signals: alarm calls	Earth Touch
6.1 Communication occurs when a specialized signal from one individual influences the behavior of another	Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pugerythrus)	Dr. Robert Seyfarth describes alarm call system of vervet monkeys	3:36	Click here	Auditory signals: alarm calls	Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
AC 6.2 Urban sounds affect signal production	Great tits (Parus major)	News report about research	2:34	Click here		CBS News
6.2 The environment influences the evolution of signals	Satin bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)	Satin bowerbird building nest	4:02	Click here	Habitat structure and bowerbird vocal signals	H. K. Slater
6.3 Signals often accurately indicate signaler phenotype and environmental conditions	wolf spider (Pardosa nigriceps)	wolf spider mating behavior	2:57	Click here	Courtship signaling in spiders	BBC Nature Wildlife
6.4 Signals can be inaccurate indicators when the fitness interests of signaler and receiver differ	Ensatina salamander	Ensatina salamander walking on wood	0:25	Click here	Batesian mimicry and Ensatina salamanders	Kiet Dao
6.4 Signals can be inaccurate indicators when the fitness interests of signaler and receiver differ	Topi (Damaliscus lunatus)	Male topi snorting and then copulation attempt	0:41	Click here	Topi antelope false alarm calls	Jakob Bro-Jorgensen
6.5 Communication can involve extended phenotype signals	bowerbirds	Several videos of bowerbird bowers and courtship behaviors		Click here	Bowerbirds construct and decorate bowers	Gerald Borgia
6.6 Communication networks affect signaler and receiver behavior	gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)	Blue jay alarm call affects gray squirrel behavior	0:31	Click here	Squirrel eavesdropping
Communication networks affect signaler and receiver behavior	tungara frogs	mating calls of tungara frogs	0:29	Click here	Eavesdropping in tungara frogs	Mike Ryan - UT Austin