Both fire and predators have strong influences on the population dynamics and behaviour of
animals, and the effects of predators may either be strengthened or weakened by fire …

Deimatic behaviours, also referred to as startle behaviours, are used against predators and
rivals. Although many are spectacular, their proximate and ultimate causes remain unclear …

In recent years, scientists have realized that evolution can occur on timescales much shorter
than the" long lapse of ages" emphasized by Darwin—in fact, evolutionary change is …

Bright colors, enlarged fins, feather plumes, song, horns, antlers, and tusks are often highly
sex dimorphic. Why have males in many animals evolved more conspicuous ornaments …

78 course ought to have been followed: the one would have been right and the other wrong;
but to these terms I shall have to recur. Sociability.—Animals of many kinds are social; we …

Summary 1 The role of phenotypic plasticity in evolution has historically been a contentious
issue because of debate over whether plasticity shields genotypes from selection or …

There is a bewildering diversity of signals, sensory systems, and signaling behavior. A
consideration of how these traits affect each other's evolution explains some of this diversity …

Avoiding Attack discusses the diversity of mechanisms by which prey avoid predator attacks
and explores how such defensive mechanisms have evolved through natural selection. It …

Natural Selection on Color Patterns in Poecilia reticulata Page 1 Evolution, 34(1), 1980, pp.
76-91 NATURAL SELECTION ON COLOR PATTERNS IN POECILIA RETICULATA JOHN A …

In studies of animal colouration it is no longer necessary to rely on subjective assessments
of colour and conspicuousness, nor on methods which rely upon human vision. This is …