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Acoustic sequences in non-human animals: a tutorial review and prospectus.
Kershenbaum A, Blumstein DT, Roch MA, Akçay Ç, Backus G, Bee MA, Bohn K, Cao Y, Carter G, Cäsar C, Coen M, DeRuiter SL, Doyle L, Edelman S, Ferrer-i-Cancho R, Freeberg TM, Garland EC, Gustison M, Harley HE, Huetz C, Hughes M, Hyland Bruno J, Ilany A, Jin DZ, Johnson M, Ju C, Karnowski J, Lohr B, Manser MB, McCowan B, Mercado E 3rd, Narins PM, Piel A, Rice M, Salmi R, Sasahara K, Sayigh L, Shiu Y, Taylor C, Vallejo EE, Waller S, Zamora-Gutierrez V. Kershenbaum A, et al. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2016 Feb;91(1):13-52. doi: 10.1111/brv.12160. Epub 2014 Nov 26. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2016. PMID: 25428267 Free PMC article. Review.
Gelada vocal sequences follow Menzerath's linguistic law.
Gustison ML, Semple S, Ferrer-I-Cancho R, Bergman TJ. Gustison ML, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 May 10;113(19):E2750-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1522072113. Epub 2016 Apr 18. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016. PMID: 27091968 Free PMC article.
Linguistic laws in biology.
Semple S, Ferrer-I-Cancho R, Gustison ML. Semple S, et al. Among authors: ferrer i cancho r. Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Jan;37(1):53-66. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.08.012. Epub 2021 Sep 28. Trends Ecol Evol. 2022. PMID: 34598817 Free PMC article. Review.
Linguistic laws in chimpanzee gestural communication.
Heesen R, Hobaiter C, Ferrer-I-Cancho R, Semple S. Heesen R, et al. Among authors: ferrer i cancho r. Proc Biol Sci. 2019 Feb 13;286(1896):20182900. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2900. Proc Biol Sci. 2019. PMID: 30963931 Free PMC article.
Compression as a universal principle of animal behavior.
Ferrer-i-Cancho R, Hernández-Fernández A, Lusseau D, Agoramoorthy G, Hsu MJ, Semple S. Ferrer-i-Cancho R, et al. Cogn Sci. 2013 Nov-Dec;37(8):1565-78. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12061. Epub 2013 Jul 29. Cogn Sci. 2013. PMID: 23895349 Free article.
Random models of Menzerath-Altmann law in genomes.
Baixeries J, Hernández-Fernández A, Ferrer-I-Cancho R. Baixeries J, et al. Biosystems. 2012 Mar;107(3):167-73. doi: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2011.11.010. Epub 2011 Dec 16. Biosystems. 2012. PMID: 22197514
Zipf's laws of meaning in Catalan.
Català N, Baixeries J, Ferrer-I-Cancho R, Padró L, Hernández-Fernández A. Català N, et al. Among authors: ferrer i cancho r. PLoS One. 2021 Dec 16;16(12):e0260849. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260849. eCollection 2021. PLoS One. 2021. PMID: 34914766 Free PMC article.
Least effort and the origins of scaling in human language.
Ferrer i Cancho R, Sole RV. Ferrer i Cancho R, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Feb 4;100(3):788-91. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0335980100. Epub 2003 Jan 22. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003. PMID: 12540826 Free PMC article.
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