Evolutionary Ecology of Communication
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Funder's project number: 320438
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 658 849,00
Funding program
- Research costs of Academy Professor, AoF (Academy of Finland)
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/01/2019
Project end date: 31/12/2021
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. For example, prey with defenses can evolve warning signals to prevent predators from attacking them. Although theory and data show how signals arise in simple interactions between few species, there are large gaps in our understanding of how communication evolves in the rich communities we find in nature. Even more strikingly, 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.
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Related publications
- A haplotype-resolved, de novo genome assembly for the wood tiger moth (Arctia plantaginis) through trio binning (2020) Yen, Eugenie C.; et al.; A1; OA
- Geographic mosaic of selection by avian predators on hindwing warning colour in a polymorphic aposematic moth (2020) Rönkä, Katja; et al.; A1; OA
- Social learning within and across predator species reduces attacks on novel aposematic prey (2020) Hämäläinen, Liisa; et al.; A1; OA
- The effect of social information from live demonstrators compared to video playback on blue tit foraging decisions (2019) Hämäläinen, Liisa; et al.; A1; OA
