Female mate choice can drive the evolution of high frequency echolocation in bats: a case study with Rhinolophus mehelyi.

Animals employ an array of signals (i.e. visual, acoustic, olfactory) for communication. Natural selection favours signals, receptors, and signalling behaviour that optimise the received signal relative to background noise. When the signal is used for more than one function, antagonisms amongst the...

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Main Authors: Sébastien J Puechmaille, Ivailo M Borissov, Sándor Zsebok, Benjamin Allegrini, Mohammed Hizem, Sven Kuenzel, Maike Schuchmann, Emma C Teeling, Björn M Siemers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4116191?pdf=render