Abstract
The social behavior of animals often relies on an ability to discriminate among individuals based on the recognition of individually distinctive characteristics, such as communication signals. This article outlines the general components and mechanisms of social recognition systems, describes different perspectives on social recognition, and discusses several behavioral contexts in which social recognition occurs. Particularly well-studied taxa are highlighted, with an emphasis on studies of acoustically mediated social recognition systems. Three different experimental approaches used to study social recognition are also briefly discussed. In conclusion, a general model of communication-based social recognition is presented that shows how different perspectives on social recognition can be integrated.
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