Convergence and divergence in anti-predator displays: A novel approach to quantitative behavioural comparison in Neotropical snakes
A. R. Davis Rabosky, T. Y. Moore, C. M. Sanchez-Paredes, E. P. Westeen, J. G. Larson, B. A. Sealey, B. A. Balinski
The paper develops a high-throughput method to quantify anti-predator displays in snakes and finds evidence of evolutionary convergence in these behaviors across distantly related species.
bioRxiv · Nov 21, 2019Animal Behavior & Cognition