We are deeply thankful to Neftali Camacho(LACM),Addison Wynn(NMNH),Esther Langan(NMNH),Christina K.Sami(NMNH),David A.Kizirian(AMNH),and Lauren Vonnahme(AMNH)for logistic support to visiting each museum.Shai Meiri and anonymous reviewers provided insightful suggestions that improved the manuscript,and Louis W.Porras also improves the English of the manuscript.Finally,we thank Jose Gonzalez and Ismael Huerta for help in preparing the figure.
Insular biodiversity has aroused the curiosity of biologists in assessing ecological and evolutionary hypotheses concerning their mainland counterparts.Comparisons of particular life history traits between island and ...
the National Science Foundation and the Organization for Tropical Studies;which supported the authors during the Native American and Pacific Islander Research Experience (NAPIRE) at Las Cruces.
Male sexually selected signals can indicate competitive ability by honestly signaling fitnessrelevant traits such as condition or performance. However, behavior can also influence contest outcomes;in particular, boldn...
Colorful visual signals are important systems for investigating the effects of signaling environ ments and receiver physiology on signal evolution as predicted by the sensory drive hypothesis. Support for the sensory ...
Whether or not sexually selected traits consistently exhibit positive allometry(i.e.are disproportionately large in larger individuals)is an ongoing debate.Multiple models and exceptions to this rule suggest that the ...
The evolution of many morphological structures is associated with the behavioral context of their use, particularly for structures involved in copulation. Yet, few studies have considered evolutionary relationships am...
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