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Perceptual Basis for Group Organization in Social Vertebrates, especially Birds

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Mutual recognition between birds is apparently based on sound as well as sight. Analysis of the calls of individuals of certain species of colony-nesting birds shows that each is measurably distinct, and that the overall relationship of the component parts is important in recognition.

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THORPE, W. Perceptual Basis for Group Organization in Social Vertebrates, especially Birds. Nature 220, 124–128 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220124a0

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