@article {314881,
	title = {Reciprocal signaling in honeyguide-human mutualism.},
	journal = {Science},
	volume = {353},
	year = {2016},
	month = {2016 07 22},
	pages = {387-9},
	abstract = {<p>Greater honeyguides (Indicator indicator) lead human honey-hunters to wild bees{\textquoteright} nests, in a rare example of a mutualistic foraging partnership between humans and free-living wild animals. We show experimentally that a specialized vocal sound made by Mozambican honey-hunters seeking bees{\textquoteright} nests elicits elevated cooperative behavior from honeyguides. The production of this sound increased the probability of being guided by a honeyguide from about 33 to 66\% and the overall probability of thus finding a bees{\textquoteright} nest from 17 to 54\%, as compared with other animal or human sounds of similar amplitude. These results provide experimental evidence that a wild animal in a natural setting responds adaptively to a human signal of cooperation.</p>
},
	keywords = {Animals, Bees, Birds, Cooperative Behavior, Honey, Human Activities, Humans, Mozambique, Symbiosis, Vocalization, Animal},
	issn = {1095-9203},
	doi = {10.1126/science.aaf4885},
	url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27463674},
	author = {Spottiswoode, Claire N and Begg, Keith S and Begg, Colleen M}
}
