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 …

Many species across taxa select habitat based on conspecific presence, known as
conspecific attraction. Studies that document conspecific attraction typically provide social …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

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 …

How do people make decisions when time is limited, information unreliable, and the future
uncertain? Based on the work of Nobel laureate Herbert Simon and with the help of …

Hybridization is increasingly being recognized as a widespread process, even between
ecologically and behaviorally divergent animal species. Determining phylogenetic …

It is well established that changes to the chemical environment can impair development,
physiology and reproductive biology; by contrast, impacts on communication have not been …

Sexual reproduction in all animals depends on effective communication between signalers
and receivers. Many fish species, especially the African cichlids, are well known for their …

Complex signals are common throughout the animal kingdom, consisting of one or more
signals in one or more sensory modalities presented within a single display. I tested an …

The evolution of sexually monomorphic (ie mutual) ornamentation has attracted growing
attention as a 'blind‐spot'in evolutionary biology. The popular consensus is that female …