Evolutionary ecology of communication
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Funder's project number: 319124
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 781 195,00
Funding program
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/01/2019
Project end date: 31/08/2020
Summary
From the simplest cells to the complex societies of bees or humans, life thrives on communication. Often, the fate of organisms hinges upon communicating with other species. Although theory and data show how signals arise in simple interactions between few species, we have little theory and little data on how signaling between species affects the population dynamics of their communities. This proposal is dedicated to advancing our understanding of communication in communities that feature multiple trophic levels, differences in biodiversity, and indirect effects that propagate between species. Thus, this project addresses a number of specific problems in contemporary biology, including 1) the capacity of populations to rapidly evolve in the face of environmental change, 2) the evolutionary impacts of predator loss on prey populations 3) the maintenance of phenotypic variation 4) the role of communication in speciation.
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Related publications and other outputs
- The Effect of Predator Population Dynamics on Batesian Mimicry Complexes (2022) Kikuchi, David W.; et al.; A1; OA
- Hard to catch : experimental evidence supports evasive mimicry (2021) Páez, Erika; et al.; A1; OA
- Predator-Induced Plasticity on Warning Signal and Larval Life-History Traits of the Aposematic Wood Tiger Moth, Arctia plantaginis (2021) Abondano Almeida, Diana; et al.; A1; OA
- Biased predation could promote convergence yet maintain diversity within Müllerian mimicry rings of Oreina leaf beetles (2020) Kikuchi, David W.; et al.; A1; OA