Hybrid zones are, roughly speaking, narrow regions in which genetically distinct populations
meet, mate, and produce hybrids. They are often only a few hundred meters wide and yet …

Signals used to attract mates are often conspicuous to predators and parasites, and their
evolution via sexual selection is expected to be opposed by viability selection. Many …

Bat wing morphology is considered in relation to flight performance and flight behaviour to
clarify the functional basis for eco-morphological correlations in flying animals. Bivariate …

However, some bats rely partly or entirely on other sensory systems, such as passive
hearing, to detect prey-generated signals (eg, calls and rustling sounds of insects) to find …

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding
predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment …

Models of Adaptive Behaviour sets out a framework for adaptive explanations of behaviour,
and applies this to give analyses of a range of biological issues such as energetic gain …

We define 'enemy free space'as ways of living that reduce or eliminate a species'
vulnerability to one or more species of natural enemies. Many aspects of species' niches, in …

Working memory represents the ability of the brain to hold externally or internally driven
information for relatively short periods of time,. Persistent neuronal activity is the elementary …

This revised edition of a book first published in 2010 supplements the original account of the
116 bat species then known to be found in Southern and Central Africa with an additional …

SUMMARY (i) To find out whether a mating preference could have initially evolved for
adaptive reasons, one must determine whether the preferred trait could have provided …