Sexual signals are often complex and perceived by multiple senses. How animals integrate signal components across sensory modalities can influence signal evolution. Here we show that two relatively unattractive signals that are perceived acoustically and visually can be combined in a pattern to form a signal that is attractive to female túngara frogs. Such unanticipated perceptual effects suggest that the evolution of complex signals can occur by alteration of the relationships among already-existing traits
Animals choosing particular display sites often balance sexual and natural selection pressures. Here...
The potential for ornament evolution in response to sexual selection rests on the interaction betwee...
Animal displays are often perceived by intended and non-intended receivers in more than one sensory ...
Sexual signals are often complex and perceived by multiple senses. How animals integrate signal comp...
Stange N, Page RA, Ryan MJ, Taylor RC. Interactions between complex multisensory signal components r...
Animals often communicate using multiple sensory channels, but these multimodal signals are only suc...
Multimodal signals (acoustic+visual) are known to be used by many anuran amphibians during courtship...
Noise is a common problem in animal communication. We know little, however, about how animals commun...
Psychophysics measures the relationship between a stimulus’s physical magnitude and its perceived ma...
A hallmark of sexual selection by mate choice is the evolution of exaggerated traits, such as longer...
Sexual signals indicate species identity and mate quality, and their importance for mate attraction ...
Many sexual displays contain multiple components that are received through a variety of sensory moda...
Acknowledgments: Some of the data reported here were collected during research funded by the NSF (gr...
Many animals rely on complex sexual signals that target multiple senses to attract mates and repel r...
Communication facilitates almost every social interaction between organisms and this communication i...
Animals choosing particular display sites often balance sexual and natural selection pressures. Here...
The potential for ornament evolution in response to sexual selection rests on the interaction betwee...
Animal displays are often perceived by intended and non-intended receivers in more than one sensory ...
Sexual signals are often complex and perceived by multiple senses. How animals integrate signal comp...
Stange N, Page RA, Ryan MJ, Taylor RC. Interactions between complex multisensory signal components r...
Animals often communicate using multiple sensory channels, but these multimodal signals are only suc...
Multimodal signals (acoustic+visual) are known to be used by many anuran amphibians during courtship...
Noise is a common problem in animal communication. We know little, however, about how animals commun...
Psychophysics measures the relationship between a stimulus’s physical magnitude and its perceived ma...
A hallmark of sexual selection by mate choice is the evolution of exaggerated traits, such as longer...
Sexual signals indicate species identity and mate quality, and their importance for mate attraction ...
Many sexual displays contain multiple components that are received through a variety of sensory moda...
Acknowledgments: Some of the data reported here were collected during research funded by the NSF (gr...
Many animals rely on complex sexual signals that target multiple senses to attract mates and repel r...
Communication facilitates almost every social interaction between organisms and this communication i...
Animals choosing particular display sites often balance sexual and natural selection pressures. Here...
The potential for ornament evolution in response to sexual selection rests on the interaction betwee...
Animal displays are often perceived by intended and non-intended receivers in more than one sensory ...