Thomas C. Summers
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Signal detection shapes ornament allometry in functionally convergent Caribbean <i>Anolis</i> and Southeast Asian <i>Draco</i> lizards Open
Visual ornaments have long been assumed to evolve hyper‐allometry as an outcome of sexual selection. Yet growing evidence suggests many sexually selected morphologies can exhibit other scaling patterns with body size, including hypo‐allome…
Female preference for super-sized male ornaments and its implications for the evolution of ornament allometry Open
It has been argued that disproportionately larger ornaments in bigger males—positive allometry—is the outcome of sexual selection operating on the size of condition dependent traits. We reviewed the literature and found a general lack of e…
Deep‐time convergent evolution in animal communication presented by shared adaptations for coping with noise in lizards and other animals Open
Convergence in communication appears rare compared with other forms of adaptation. This is puzzling, given communication is acutely dependent on the environment and expected to converge in form when animals communicate in similar habitats.…
Ecological Release from Aquatic Predation Is Associated with the Emergence of Marine Blenny Fishes onto Land Open
An ecological release from competition or predation is a frequent adaptive explanation for the colonization of novel environments, but empirical data are limited. On the island of Rarotonga, several blenny fish species appear to be in the …