Behaviors can facilitate colonization of a novel environment, but the mechanisms underlying
this process are poorly understood. On one hand, behavioral flexibility allows for an …

In species undergoing range expansion, newly established populations are often more
dispersive than older populations. Because dispersal phenotypes are complex and often …

Discrete behavioral strategies comprise a suite of traits closely integrated in their expression
with consistent natural selection for such coexpression leading to developmental and …

The importance of behaviours as instigators or inhibitors of evolutionary change remains
largely unresolved and this is in part because there are very few empirical examples of how …

Does competition influence patterns of coexistence between closely related taxa? Here we
address this question by analyzing patterns of range overlap between related species of …

Tropical montane species are characterized by narrow elevational distributions. Recent
perspectives on mechanisms maintaining these restricted distributions have emphasized …

Species that depend on ephemeral habitat often evolve distinct dispersal strategies in which
the propensity to disperse is closely integrated with a suite of morphological, behavioural …

Many animals have adapted to the proximity of humans and thereby gained an advantage in
a world increasingly affected by human activity. Numerous organisms have invaded novel …

Territorial aggression influences fitness and, in monogamous pairs, the behavior of both
individuals could impact reproductive success. Moreover, territorial aggression is particularly …

Costly interactions between species that arise as a by-product of ancestral similarities in
communication signals are expected to persist only under specific evolutionary …