Journal article
Movement signal choreography unaffected by receiver distance in the Australian Jacky lizard, Amphibolurus muricatus
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol.63(11), pp.1593-1602
2009
Abstract
Theory explains the structure of animal signals in the context of the receiver sensory systems, the environment through which signals travel and their information content. The influence of signalling context on movement-based signalling strategies is becoming clearer. Building upon recent findings that demonstrated changing environmental plant motion conditions resulted in a change of signalling strategy by the Australian lizard Amphibolurus muricatus, we examined whether receiver distance also influences signalling strategies. We found that signalling lizards did not modify their introductory tail flicking in response to distant viewers in the absence of competing, irrelevant plant image motion despite significant reductions in signal structure at the eye of the viewer. The magnitude of resultant effect sizes strongly suggests that receiver distance does not contribute to signalling strategies as much as the presence of motion noise in the environment.
Details
- Title
- Movement signal choreography unaffected by receiver distance in the Australian Jacky lizard, Amphibolurus muricatus
- Authors/Creators
- R.A. Peters (Author/Creator)S.J. Allen (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol.63(11), pp.1593-1602
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Identifiers
- 991005540318907891
- Copyright
- © 2009 Springer-Verlag
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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