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functional reference: a standalone construct

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Ethology

property of signals, such as some alarm calls, that reliably relate to specific external events and are enough for receivers to respond appropriately.

In ethology, functional reference refers to property of signals, such as some alarm calls, that reliably relate to specific external events and are enough for receivers to respond appropriately. This meaning comes from Macedonia (1993) in Ethology.[1]

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Macedonia, J. M., & Evans, C. S. (1993). Variation among Mammalian Alarm Call Systems and the Problem of Meaning in Animal Signals. Ethology, 93(3), 177-197. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1993.tb00988.x

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