Signal design and perception in Hypocnemis antbirds: evidence for convergent evolution via social selection

Natural selection is known to produce convergent phenotypes through mimicry or ecological adaptation. It has also been proposed that social selection - i.e., selection exerted by social competition - may drive convergent evolution in signals mediating interspecific communication, yet this idea remai...

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Main Authors: Tobias, J, Seddon, N
Other Authors: Society for the Study of Evolution
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009
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