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

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1597, 2012, Pages 1811-1828

  Ord, Terry J ^a   Garcia Porta, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Animal communication; Natural selection; Phylogenetic comparative methods; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; ANT; BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FROG; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; PHEROMONE; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; FORMICIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84861541307     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0215     Document Type: Article

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