1. Fragaszy, D. M., Visalberghi, E., and Fedigan, L. 2003. The Complete Capuchin. The Biology of a Genus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (This book summarizes the behavioral biology of capuchin monkeysC (ebus ) in the laboratory and in the field, including a discussion of social learning: Chs. 6, 13, and 14.)
2. Payne, R. B. 1996. Song traditions in indigo buntings: origin, improvisation, dispersal, and extinction in cultural evolution. In Ecology and Evolution of Acoustic Communication in Birds, ed. D. E. Kroodsma and E. H. Miller, pp. 198–220. Ithaca: Comstock Publishing. (This review of Payne's work summarizes the results of the most exhaustive study on vocal traditions in animals. It describes the stability and transmission processes of traditions and discusses cultural mutation rates and cultural evolution in bird song: Ch. 8.)
3. Mann, J., Connor, R., Tyack, P., and Whitehead, H. 2000. Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. (This book provides an overview of behavioral diversity in cetaceans and includes a chapter on vocal communication: Ch. 9.)
4. Social influences on foraging in vertebrates: causal mechanisms and adaptive functions
5. Zahavi, A. and Zahavi, A. 1999. The Handicap Principle: A Missing Piece of Darwin's Puzzle. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (This book, written for the layperson, details the applications of Zahavi's main theoretical contributions to biology, including his “testing of a bond” idea: Ch. 14.)