The basic building blocks of communication are signals, assembled in various sequences
and combinations, and used in virtually all inter-and intra-specific interactions. While signal …

The Centre for Adaptive Behaviour and Cognition (ABC) has hypothesised that much human
decision-making can be described by simple algorithmic process models (heuristics). This …

Gerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the
perspective of logic or probability, but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of …

Construction behaviour occurs across the entire spectrum of the animal kingdom and affects
the survival of both builders and other organisms associated with them. Animal Architecture …

Mate choice and mate attraction are important behaviours influencing the evolution of
elaborate traits. It is possible that male general cognitive performance plays an important …

Animal signals may result from construction behaviour and can provide receivers with
essential information in various contexts. Here we explore the potential benefits of extended …

Male mating signals are often multidimensional, potentially providing multiple messages to
females. However, the relative importance of different signal dimensions and their context …

Traditionally, studies of intrasexual selection have focused on single traits that are more
exaggerated in males. Relatively little is known about systems in which traits are larger in …

Populations on islands often exhibit lower levels of genetic variation and ecomorphological
divergence compared to their mainland relatives. While phenotypic differentiation in …

Females of many species preferentially mate with males that produce courtship displays at a
high intensity or rate; however, males do not always display at their maximum intensity …