Social interactions are inevitable in the lives of most animals, since most essential
behaviours require interaction with conspecifics, such as mating and competing for …

The endemic lemurs of Madagascar (Lemuriformes: Primates) exhibit great social and
communicative diversity. Given their independent evolutionary history, lemurs provide an …

Sexual selection has long been thought to increase species diversification. Sexually
selected traits, such as sexual signals that contribute to reproductive isolation, were thought …

Lizards use chemical communication to mediate many reproductive, competitive, and social
behaviors, but the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying chemical communication in …

Proteins are ubiquitous macromolecules that display a vast repertoire of chemical and
enzymatic functions, making them suitable candidates for chemosignals, used in …

The chemosensory system in tetrapods consists of glands that emit chemical signals and
specialized organs that capture these signals. Lizards mostly depend on this chemosensory …

Chemical communication in terrestrial vertebrates is often built on complex blends, where
semiochemical and structural compounds may form an integrated functional unit. In lizards …

Animal personality can be defined as behavioral individual consistency across contexts and
time, and sociability may facilitate it. Boldness and exploration can be considered as social …

Animal personality refers to consistent individual differences across contexts, ecological
situations, and/or time. To understand the evolution of animal personality, it is crucial that …

Animals obtain environmental information using different sensory modalities, and sensory
organ size allows inferences concerning the importance of these modalities, which depend …