Deceptive pollinator lures benefit from physical and perceptual proximity to flowers

TE White - Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Predators often use deception to exploit sensory and cognitive biases in prey. In pollinating
insects, these include preferences for conspicuous colours associated with flowers, which …

Flies improve the salience of iridescent sexual signals by orienting toward the sun

TE White, T Latty - Behavioral Ecology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Sunlight is the ultimate source of most visual signals. Theory predicts strong selection for its
effective use during communication, with functional links between signal designs and …

Male nuptial display colour and vocalisation appear to signal independent information in the whirring tree frog

GN Webster, TE White, MJ Whiting - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2023 - Springer
When different modes of communication are used in combination and for example convey
visual and acoustic information, they form a multimodal signal. Frogs are best known for …

Heightened condition dependent expression of structural coloration in the faces, but not wings, of male and female flies

TE White, A Locke, T Latty - Current Zoology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Structurally colored sexual signals are a conspicuous and widespread class of ornament
used in mate choice, though the extent to which they encode information on the quality of …

Origin and functions of iridescent colours in hummingbirds

H Gruson - 2019 - theses.hal.science
The study of colour can offer valuable insights into the fine details of evolutionary
mechanisms. It is indeed a complex trait, which can evolve along several dimensions, and …