Collective synchrony of mating signals modulated by ecological cues and social signals in bioluminescent sea fireflies DOI Open Access
Nicholai M. Hensley, Trevor J. Rivers, Gretchen A. Gerrish

et al.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 290(2011)

Published: Nov. 29, 2023

Individuals often employ simple rules that can emergently synchronize behaviour. Some collective behaviours are intuitively beneficial, but others like mate signalling in leks occur across taxa despite theoretical individual costs. Whether disparate instances of synchronous similarly organized is unknown, largely due to challenges observing many individuals simultaneously. Recording field collectives and ex situ playback experiments, we describe principles bioluminescent signals produced by marine ostracods (Crustacea; Luxorina) seem behaviorally convergent with terrestrial fireflies, whom they last shared a common ancestor over 500 Mya. Like groups males use visual cues (intensity duration light) decide when signal. Individual also modulate their signal based on the distance nearest neighbours. During peak darkness, luminescent 'waves' displays emerge ripple sea floor approximately every 60 s, such periodicity decays within between nights after full moon. Our data reveal these aggregations sensitive both ecological social light sources. Because function difficult dissect, evolutionary convergence, diverse arthropods, provides natural replicates understand generalities produce emergent group

Language: Английский

Collective synchrony of mating signals modulated by ecological cues and social signals in bioluminescent sea fireflies DOI Open Access
Nicholai M. Hensley, Trevor J. Rivers, Gretchen A. Gerrish

et al.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 290(2011)

Published: Nov. 29, 2023

Individuals often employ simple rules that can emergently synchronize behaviour. Some collective behaviours are intuitively beneficial, but others like mate signalling in leks occur across taxa despite theoretical individual costs. Whether disparate instances of synchronous similarly organized is unknown, largely due to challenges observing many individuals simultaneously. Recording field collectives and ex situ playback experiments, we describe principles bioluminescent signals produced by marine ostracods (Crustacea; Luxorina) seem behaviorally convergent with terrestrial fireflies, whom they last shared a common ancestor over 500 Mya. Like groups males use visual cues (intensity duration light) decide when signal. Individual also modulate their signal based on the distance nearest neighbours. During peak darkness, luminescent 'waves' displays emerge ripple sea floor approximately every 60 s, such periodicity decays within between nights after full moon. Our data reveal these aggregations sensitive both ecological social light sources. Because function difficult dissect, evolutionary convergence, diverse arthropods, provides natural replicates understand generalities produce emergent group

Language: Английский

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