Nature Cowichan Speaker – Nora Carlson – When prey attack: mobbing behaviour in birds

Nora V. Carlson, PhD: “When prey attack. Mobbing behaviour in birds”. Nora is a behavioural ecologist with a focus on how animals coordinate group behaviour using vocalizations. Her interests include: cooperative group behaviors, vocal animal communication (information encoding, information flow, interspecific communication), how groups coordinate movement using vocalizations, how anthropogenic noise affects anti-predator communication and communication networks, and predator-prey relationships. For more info: Nora V Carlson, PhD – Home