Animal Signaling and Function - An Integrative Approach

Informationen zum Autor Duncan J. Irschick, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His research interests are in the interface among organism design, function, and ecology. Broadly, he is interested in the evolution of complex functional systems in all its facets. His research integrates micro evolutionary and macro evolutionary approaches, and?applies both experimental and descriptive approaches to understand the causes of, and ultimately the consequences of, this diversity. Mark Briffa, Ph.D. is a Lecturer in Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth in the School of Biological Sciences. His main research focuses on contest behavior, where animals compete directly against one another over ownership of a limited resource. He is particularly interested in how animals use communication to resolve conflicts of interest - this often involves 'repeated signals' that are?performed in a structured way. Jeffrey Podos, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts in the Biology Department. His research addresses the interface of animal behavior, organism biology, and evolutionary biology. His work focuses on vocal behavior and evolution in vertebrates, especially songbirds. Klappentext The diversity of animal signals has been widely documented, and the generality of animal signals also tantalizingly suggests that there are common mechanisms that have selected for their origin. However, while much progress has been made on some fronts, we still lack a general theory about why the diversity of signaling structures exist. Our compilation will directly address this gap by focusing on an exciting new arena of sexual selection, namely using functional approaches to understand signaling. This approach is rooted in the idea that many signals are designed to transmit important functional imformation that is both important for issues of male quality (and hence male competition), and female choice. The increasing use of technology in sexual selection studies has enabled researchers to test whether signaling is either constrained by, or accurately transmits information about functional capacities. Further, in animals that fight vigorously, functional capacities such as endurance or strength may make the difference between winning and losing. This volume brings together a diverse collection of researchers who are actively investigating how function and signaling are related. These researchers use both a variety of methods and taxa to study animal signaling, and we believe that this integrative view is important to open up fresh vistas for why animal signals have evolved. Zusammenfassung The diversity of animal signals has been widely documented, and the generality of animal signals also tantalizingly suggests that there are common mechanisms that have selected for their origin. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors ix 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Duncan J. Irschick, Mark Briffa, and Jeffrey Podos References 7 2 EARLY LIFE-HISTORY EFFECTS, OXIDATIVE STRESS, AND THE EVOLUTION AND EXPRESSION OF ANIMAL SIGNALS 11 Nick J. Royle, Josephine M. Orledge, and Jonathan D. Blount Introduction 11 Signaling 12 Early Life-History Effects and Resource Allocation Trade-Offs 13 Oxidative Stress as a Mediator of Resource Allocation Trade-Offs 15 Signals Expressed During Development 20 Signals Expressed During Adulthood 25 Competition-Dependent Sexual Signals 32 Conclusions 34 Acknowledgments 36 References 36 3 A PERFORMANCE-BASED APPROACH TO STUDYING COSTS OF RELIABLE SIGNALS 47 Jerry F. Husak, Justin P. Henningsen, Bieke Vanhooydonck, and Duncan J. Irschick Introduction 47 Receiver-Independent Costs 51 Receiver-Dependent Costs 55 Compensatory Traits 59

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Contributors ix
 
1 INTRODUCTION 1
Duncan J. Irschick, Mark Briffa, and Jeffrey Podos
 
References 7
 
2 EARLY LIFE-HISTORY EFFECTS, OXIDATIVE STRESS, AND THE EVOLUTION AND EXPRESSION OF ANIMAL SIGNALS 11
Nick J. Royle, Josephine M. Orledge, and Jonathan D. Blount
 
Introduction 11
 
Signaling 12
 
Early Life-History Effects and Resource Allocation Trade-Offs 13
 
Oxidative Stress as a Mediator of Resource Allocation Trade-Offs 15
 
Signals Expressed During Development 20
 
Signals Expressed During Adulthood 25
 
Competition-Dependent Sexual Signals 32
 
Conclusions 34
 
Acknowledgments 36
 
References 36
 
3 A PERFORMANCE-BASED APPROACH TO STUDYING COSTS OF RELIABLE SIGNALS 47
Jerry F. Husak, Justin P. Henningsen, Bieke Vanhooydonck, and Duncan J. Irschick
 
Introduction 47
 
Receiver-Independent Costs 51
 
Receiver-Dependent Costs 55
 
Compensatory Traits 59
 
Conclusions 63
 
Acknowledgments 64
 
References 65
 
4 COGNITIVELY DRIVEN CO-OPTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF COMPLEX SEXUAL DISPLAYS IN BOWERBIRDS 75
Gerald Borgia and Jason Keagy
 
Introduction 75
 
Cognition, Co-Option, and Complex Display 78
 
Delayed Male Maturity, Male-Male Courtship, and Display Trait Acquisition 81
 
Female Signaling to Affect Male Display Intensity: An Innovation that Improves Courtship Success 82
 
Mate Searching and Flexibility in Adaptive Decision-Making 83
 
Female Uncertainty and Flexibility in Active Mate Assessment 84
 
Long-Term Age-Related Improvement in Decoration Display: Symmetrical Decoration Displays on Older Males' Bowers 84
 
Anticipation of Male Routes During Courtship: Paths on Display Courts of Spotted Bowerbirds 86
 
Some Other Possible Cognitive Display-Related Behaviors of Bowerbirds 87
 
Construction of Successive Scenes for Females Visiting the Bower 88
 
Cognitive Aspects of Bower Building: Age-Related Improvement in Construction and Novel Techniques for Maintaining Symmetry 90
 
Cognitive Flexibility and Innovation in Display 93
 
Decoration Stealing: An Innovation for Display Trait Acquisition 94
 
Cooperating with Relatives for Display: An Innovation to Reduce Sexual Competition 95
 
Vocal Mimicry: Learning and Innovation in Use of Co-Opted Displays 96
 
Co-Option Mechanism 98
 
Cognition in Display Trait Acquisition 100
 
References 101
 
5 INTEGRATING FUNCTIONAL AND EVOLUTIONARY APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF COLOR-BASED ANIMAL SIGNALS 111
Darrell J. Kemp and Gregory F. Grether
 
Introduction 111
 
Color Signal Production in More Detail 115
 
Signals, Honesty, and Condition-Dependence 116
 
Coloration as an Honest Advertisement 117
 
Trinidadian Guppies (Poecilia Reticulata) 118
 
Pierid Butterflies (Subfamily Coliadinae) 122
 
Birds 127
 
Discussion/Conclusion/Future Work 129
 
Acknowledgments 131
 
References 131
 
6 AGONISTIC SIGNALS: INTEGRATING ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONS AND MECHANISMS 141
Mark Briffa
 
Animal Contests and the Evolution of Agonistic Signals 141
 
Empirical Approaches to Testing Theory: "Physiological Costs," "Stamina," and "Performance" 154
 
Energy Status and Agonistic Signals 156
 
Whole Body Performance and Agonistic Signals 159
 
Conclusions 164
 
References 167
 
7 ACOUSTIC SIGNAL EVOLUTION: BIOMECHANICS, SIZE, AND PERFORMANCE 175
Jeffrey Podos and S.N. Patek
 
Introduction 175
 
Biomechanics 178
 
Body Size 18

Product details

• Authors: Duncan J. Briffa Irschick, IRSCHICK BRIFFA MARK PODOS JEFFR
• Assisted by: Mark Briffa (Editor), Briffa Mark (Editor), Duncan J. Irschick (Editor), Irschick Duncan J. (Editor), Jeffrey Podos (Editor), Podos Jeffrey (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.2015
• EAN: 9780470546000
• ISBN: 978-0-470-54600-0
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Biologie, Zoologie, Life Sciences, Biowissenschaften, Verhaltensökologie, Animal Behavior, Vergleichende Biologie ( Zoologie u. Botanik), Comparative Biology (Botany & Zoology), Zoologie / Verhaltensforschung, Behavior & Behavioral Ecology, Verhalten, Verhaltensökologie