The diversity of animal signals has been widely documented, and the generality of animal signals also tantalizingly suggests that there arecommon mechanisms that have selected for their origin. However, while much progress has been made on some fronts, we still lack a general theory about why the diversity of signaling structures exist. Our compilation will directly address this gap by focusing on an exciting new arena of sexual selection, namely using functional approaches to understand signaling. This approach is rooted in the idea that many signals are designed to transmit important functional imformation that is both important for issues of male quality (and hence male competition), and female choice. The increasing use of technology in sexual selection studies has enabled researchers to test whether signaling is either constrained by, or accurately transmits information about functional capacities. Further, in animals that fight vigorously, functional capacities such as endurance or strength may make the difference between winning and losing. This volume brings togethera diverse collection of researchers who are actively investigating how function and signaling are related. These researchersuse botha variety of methods and taxa to study animal signaling, and we believe that this integrative view is important to open up fresh vistas for why animal signals have evolved.

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Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Year

2014

ISBN

9781118966600

Edition

Topic

Biological Sciences

Subtopic

Biology

Index

Biological Sciences

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contributors
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Early Life-History Effects, Oxidative Stress, And The Evolution And Expression Of Animal Signals
Chapter 3: A Performance-Based Approach to Studying Costs of Reliable Signals
Chapter 4: Cognitively Driven Co-Option and the Evolution of Complex Sexual Displays in Bowerbirds
Chapter 5: Integrating Functional and Evolutionary Approaches to the Study of Color-Based Animal Signals
Chapter 6: Agonistic Signals: Integrating Analysis of Functions and Mechanisms
Chapter 7: Acoustic Signal Evolution: Biomechanics, Size, and Performance
Chapter 8: Dishonest Signaling During Aggressive Interactions: Theory and Empirical Evidence
Chapter 9: Functional Approach to Condition
Index
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