期刊
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
卷 67, 期 9, 页码 1499-1511出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1492-y
关键词
Multimodal signals; Sequential assessment; Sexual selection; Monarcha castaneiventris; Premating reproductive isolation
资金
- National Science Foundation [IOS 1137624/0643606, DEB 1149942]
- NESCent (NSF) [EF-0905606]
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1137624] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
The use of signals across multiple sensory modalities in communication is common in animals and plants. Determining the information that each signal component conveys has provided unique insights into why multimodal signals evolve. However, how these complex signals are assessed by receivers will also influence their evolution, a hypothesis that has received less attention. Here, we explore multimodal signal assessment in a closely related complex of island flycatchers that have diverged in visual and acoustic signals. Using field experiments that manipulated song and plumage colour, we tested if song, a possible long-range signal, is assessed before plumage colour in conspecific recognition. We find that divergent song and colour are assessed in sequence, and this pattern of sequential assessment is likely mediated by habitat structure and the extent of differences in signal characteristics. A broad survey of the literature suggests that many organisms from a wide range of taxa sequentially assess multimodal signals, with long-range signals attracting conspecifics for further assessment of close-range signals. Our results highlight the need to consider how signals are assessed when understanding multimodal signal evolution. Finally, given the results of our field experiments indicating sequential assessment of divergent song and colour in the recognition of conspecifics, we discuss the consequences of multimodal signal divergence for the origin of species, as changes in signals across different sensory modalities may influence the evolution of premating reproductive isolation.
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