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Evolution of communication signals and information during species radiation
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Nature communications, vol 11, iss 1, Nature Communications, 2020, 11 (1), pp.4970. ⟨10.1038/s41467-020-18772-3⟩, Nature Communications, Nature Publishing Group, 2020, 11 (1), pp.4970. ⟨10.1038/s41467-020-18772-3⟩, Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Communicating species identity is a key component of many animal signals. However, whether selection for species recognition systematically increases signal diversity during clade radiation remains debated. Here we show that in woodpecker drumming, a rhythmic signal used during mating and territorial defense, the amount of species identity information encoded remained stable during woodpeckers’ radiation. Acoustic analyses and evolutionary reconstructions show interchange among six main drumming types despite strong phylogenetic contingencies, suggesting evolutionary tinkering of drumming structure within a constrained acoustic space. Playback experiments and quantification of species discriminability demonstrate sufficient signal differentiation to support species recognition in local communities. Finally, we only find character displacement in the rare cases where sympatric species are also closely related. Overall, our results illustrate how historical contingencies and ecological interactions can promote conservatism in signals during a clade radiation without impairing the effectiveness of information transfer relevant to inter-specific discrimination.<br />Animal signals often encode information on the emitter’s species identity. Using woodpecker drumming as a model, here the authors show that limited signal divergence during a clade radiation does not impair species discrimination, as long as the signals are adapted to local ecological requirements.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Sympatry
Speciation
Information Theory
General Physics and Astronomy
Woodpecker
Evolutionary ecology
01 natural sciences
clade radiation
Character displacement
Animal communication
Passeriformes
Clade
lcsh:Science
Phylogeny
Multidisciplinary
Phylogenetic tree
communication
[SDV.BID.EVO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE]
Animal behaviour
Biological Evolution
3100 General Physics and Astronomy
Sympatric speciation
490 Other languages
590 Animals (Zoology)
890 Other literatures
evolution of communication
Science
410 Linguistics
1600 General Chemistry
Biology
010603 evolutionary biology
rhythm
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Article
evolution
bioacoustics
03 medical and health sciences
10127 Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
Species Specificity
Phylogenetics
1300 General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
[SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology
[SDV.BID.EVO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE]
Animals
vocal signals
Ecosystem
biological information
General Chemistry
[SDV.EE.IEO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Symbiosis
Acoustics
biology.organism_classification
Animal Communication
030104 developmental biology
Evolutionary biology
570 Life sciences
biology
lcsh:Q
[SDV.BA.ZV] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology
[SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Symbiosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature Communications, Nature communications, vol 11, iss 1, Nature Communications, 2020, 11 (1), pp.4970. ⟨10.1038/s41467-020-18772-3⟩, Nature Communications, Nature Publishing Group, 2020, 11 (1), pp.4970. ⟨10.1038/s41467-020-18772-3⟩, Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2020)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ada142fcf30b4eb077018336ef6ec9bc