Aggressiveness trait-based selection is crucial for alleviating interspecies cannibalism in
economic crab species and enhancing survival rates in aquaculture. However, there is a …

The interplay between morphological (structures) and behavioral (acts) signals in contest
assessment is still poorly understood. During contests, males of the common wall lizard …

Animal communication depends on signals conveying information to a receiver who must
perceive and decode them. Signals involved in territoriality are usually complex stimuli that …

Color polymorphism is genetically controlled, and the process generating and maintaining
morphs can affect speciation/extinction rates. Color badges are useful signals in intraspecific …

The variability in behavioural syndromes at different scale levels (eg, within population or
among species) is relevant in ecological and evolutionary patterns. It provides the basis on …

Colour morphs in polymorphic species represent a suite of heritable traits controlled by
separate sets of loci, which correspond to alternative peaks in the fitness surfaces …

The research on animal colouration has always been of great interest for biologists but since
the last decades it has grown exponentially thanks to multidisciplinary approaches. Animals …