Why animal communication displays are so complex and how they have evolved are active
foci of research with a long and rich history. Progress towards an evolutionary analysis of …

The ubiquity of multiple signalling is a long-standing puzzle in the study of animal
communication: given the costs of producing and receiving signals, why use more than a …

Plants often attract pollinators with floral displays composed of visual, olfactory, tactile and
gustatory stimuli. Since pollinators' responses to each of these stimuli are usually studied …

Anthropogenic noise is widespread in nature and has been shown to produce a plethora of
impacts on wildlife. Sounds play a fundamental role in the lives of amphibians, with species …

High background noise is an impediment to signal detection and perception. We report the
use of multiple solutions to improve signal perception in the acoustic and visual modality by …

The study of multimodal communication has become an active and vibrant field. This special
issue of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology brings together new developments in this …

Undeniably, acoustic signals are the predominant mode of communication in frogs and
toads. Acoustically active species are found throughout the vast diversity of anuran families …

Acoustic and substrate‐borne vibrations are among the most widely used signalling
modalities in animals. Arthropods display a staggering diversity of vibroacoustic organs …

1. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the structure of multi-species
assemblages. Among these, abiotic environmental factors and biotic processes are often …

Where they co-occur, male anurans of different species may signal from diverse locations
and use vocalizations that differ spectrally. However, the relevance of such differences to the …