Honey-hunter and honeyguide communication | The Story Behind the Paper

About this episode

Dr Jessica van der Wal discusses her research on honeyguide communication with Anna Nisbett.

In this podcast, People and Nature author Dr Jessica van der Wal talks to Publishing Assistant Anna Nisbett about her article “Cooperative human signals to honeyguides form local dialects”. Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70234 African honeyguides research site: https://africanhoneyguides.com/

People in this episode

Host: Anna Nisbett

Guest: Dr Jessica van der Wal

Topics covered

• honeyguides
• communication
• cooperation
• animal behavior
• research

Keywords

• honeyguides
• communication
• dialects
• cooperation
• animal behavior

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: People and Nature

Books & works: Cooperative human signals to honeyguides form local dialects

Places: African honeyguides

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