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Details for Dr Linda Hollen
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Linda Hollen |
| Job title | Research Statistician Research Associate in Social and Community Medicine |
| Department | School of Social and Community Medicine University of Bristol School of Social and Community Medicine University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | MSc(Stockholm), PhD(Zuer) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | signals social groups ecological environment meerkat pied babbler |
| Areas of expertise | I am primarily interested in the signals used by individuals in social groups to convey information about their ecological environment, and the decisions made by group members based on these signals, in particular whether decisions are adjusted according to the reliability of the transmitted information. Using a combination of observational data, sound recordings and experimental manipulations, I am investigating a number of issues in two group-living species, the meerkat and the pied babbler, in South Africa. My current research interests include: · Alarm-call development · Individual differences in calling behaviour and call structure · Signal reliability · Sentinel behaviour |