Adaptations to Habitat + Sensory Drive

Question 1

sympatric anolis species habitat preference matches visual capability and maximises dewlap contrast

+ sensory drive is up to something here

Answer 1

Leal and Fleishman 2002

Question 2

urban vs forest blackbird - divergent calls.

louder + high freq in urban envronment - acoustic masking

Answer 2

Nemeth and Brumm 2009

Question 3

firefly flash colour varies between species to maximise contrast against background at peak activity

Answer 3

Lail et al 1980

Question 4

visually driven sensory drive in cichlid fish

Answer 4

Maan et al 2006

Question 5

visual capabilities show to match light environment

expression of P and H alleles

Answer 5

Seehausen et al 2008

Question 6

acoustically driven sensory drive in amazonian bird species

Answer 6

Tobias et al 2010

Question 7

galapagos finch beak morphology also affect vocal signals - causes reproduction isolation - sensory drive

Answer 7

Podos and Nowicki 2004

Question 8

elephant fish adapt EOD to water conductivity

hormonal control of channel proteins in electrocyte membranes - increase voltage and current

Answer 8

Kramer et al 1993

Question 9

fringe-lipped bat locates tungara frog prey by its mating call - tunes to same freq 5kHz

Answer 9

Tuttle and Ryan 1981