Is sociality required for the evolution of communicative complexity? Evidence weighed against alternative hypotheses in diverse taxonomic groups

Eulemur, me lemur: the evolution of scent-signal complexity in a primate clade

(2012) J. delBarco-Trillo et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Social drive and the evolution of primate hearing

(2012) M. A. Ramsier et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Social complexity as a proximate and ultimate factor in communicative complexity

(2012) T. M. Freeberg et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bridging the bonding gap: the transition from primates to humans

(2012) R. I. M. Dunbar   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Derived vocalizations of geladas (Theropithecus gelada) and the evolution of vocal complexity in primates

(2012) M. L. Gustison et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Testing Mechanisms of Bergmann’s Rule: Phenotypic Decline but No Genetic Change in Body Size in Three Passerine Bird Populations

(2011) Arild Husby et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Natural extrapair paternity matches receptivity patterns in unguarded females: evidence for importance of female choice

(2011) Elise D. Ferree et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Rethinking birdsong evolution: meta-analysis of the relationship between song complexity and reproductive success

(2011) Masayo Soma et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Different behavioural responses to anthropogenic noise by two closely related passerine birds

(2011) C. D. Francis et al.   Biology Letters

Descended and mobile larynx, vocal tract elongation and rutting roars in male goitred gazelles (Gazella subgutturosaGüldenstaedt, 1780)

(2011) Roland Frey et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Evolution of cuticular hydrocarbon diversity in ants

(2011) E. van WILGENBURG et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Cues to body size in the formant spacing of male koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) bellows: honesty in an exaggerated trait

(2011) B. D. Charlton et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians

(2011) R. Alexander Pyron et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Low-frequency songs lose their potency in noisy urban conditions

(2011) W. Halfwerk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Resolving variation in the reproductive tradeoff between sperm size and number

(2011) S. Immler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Geographically pervasive effects of urban noise on frequency and syllable rate of songs and calls in silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis)

(2011) D. A. Potvin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Evolution of Alternative Adaptive Strategies for Effective Communication in Noisy Environments

(2010) Terry J. Ord et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Multimodal communication of wolf spiders on different substrates: evidence for behavioural plasticity

(2010) Shira D. Gordon et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Phylogeny of Australasian agamid lizards based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes: implications for morphological evolution and biogeography

(2010) ANDREW F. HUGALL et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Effect of habitat visibility on movements and displaying by side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana)

(2010) D.A. Eifler et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Fossils and phylogeny uncover the evolutionary history of a unique antipredator behaviour

(2010) B. CLUCAS et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Energetic cost of calling: general constraints and species-specific differences

(2010) A. G. OPHIR et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Habitat use affects morphological diversification in dragon lizards

(2010) D. C. COLLAR et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The energetic basis of acoustic communication

(2010) J. F. Gillooly et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Socioecological correlates of facial mobility in nonhuman anthropoids

(2009) Seth D. Dobson   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Evolution of Thermal Physiology in Liolaemus Lizards: Adaptation, Phylogenetic Inertia, and Niche Tracking

(2009) Antonieta Labra et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Macrogeographical variation in the song of a widely distributed African warbler

(2009) L. Benedict et al.   Biology Letters

Distinctive Paleo-Indian Migration Routes from Beringia Marked by Two Rare mtDNA Haplogroups

(2009) Ugo A. Perego et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The seven deadly sins of comparative analysis

(2009) R. P. FRECKLETON   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Do cephalopods communicate using polarized light reflections from their skin?

(2009) L. M. Mathger et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) – The traditional taxonomy overthrown

(2009) Silke Fregin et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

GenBank

(2009) Dennis A. Benson et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Quantifying ecological, morphological, and genetic variation to delimit species in the coast horned lizard species complex (Phrynosoma)

(2009) A. D. Leache et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The secondary contact phase of allopatric speciation in Darwin's finches

(2009) P. R. Grant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Intrasexual chemical communication and social responses of captive female African elephants, Loxodonta africana

(2008) Jordana M. Meyer et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Call divergence is correlated with geographic and genetic distance in greenish warblers (Phylloscopus trochiloides): a strong role for stochasticity in signal evolution?

(2008) D. E. IRWIN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: Evidence from the Campephagidae and other Crown Corvida (Aves)

(2008) Knud A. Jønsson et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Alert signals enhance animal communication in "noisy" environments

(2008) T. J. Ord et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenetic Signal, Evolutionary Process, and Rate

(2008) Liam J. Revell et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Environmental motion delays the detection of movement-based signals

(2007) R. A Peters   Biology Letters