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SUBMITTER: Santos JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4213648 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Santos Juan C JC Baquero Margarita M Barrio-Amorós César C Coloma Luis A LA Erdtmann Luciana K LK Lima Albertina P AP Cannatella David C DC
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20141201 1796
Multimodal signals facilitate communication with conspecifics during courtship, but they can also alert eavesdropper predators. Hence, signallers face two pressures: enticing partners to mate and avoiding detection by enemies. Undefended organisms with limited escape abilities are expected to minimize predator recognition over mate attraction by limiting or modifying their signalling. Alternatively, organisms with anti-predator mechanisms such as aposematism (i.e. unprofitability signalled by wa ...[more]