Not lost in translation: how to get information from other species' calls?

信息减少了生活中的不确定性，因此是在不断变化的世界中做出适应性决定的基础。然而，从其他物种获得的信息的重要性在很大程度上被忽视了，尽管信息的流动，就像资源一样，影响个体的适应性和种群的生存能力。该项目旨在使用视觉和声学生态学的新整合来测试动物如何通过窃听其他物种的警报呼叫来获得有关捕食者的可靠信息。因此，该项目的重点是报警电话，因为有关危险的信息对动物的生存至关重要。该项目的成果可以帮助我们了解自然信息网的形成和功能，从而完善有关环境变化对动物群落影响的预测。

Information reduces life's uncertainties, and so underlies adaptive decisions in a changing world. However, the importance of information gained from other species is largely overlooked, despite the flow of information, just like resources, affecting individual fitness and population viability. This project aims to use a novel integration of visual and acoustic ecology to test how animals gain reliable information about predators by eavesdropping on the alarm calls of other species. Thus, the project focuses on alarm calls because information about danger is critical to animal survival. The outcomes of the project could help us to understand how natural information webs form and function, and so refine predictions about the impact of environmental change on animal communities.