From Chemical to Communication Ecology

“…Conspecific females that are in competition with each other over reproductive resources such as nutrients and offspring development sites must be able to sense and process information about their competitors to remain engaged in the co-evolutionary ‘arms race’ 12 . Communication modalities conveying such information may be visual, vibratory (acoustic or substrate-vibration), or chemical (smell or taste) in nature 13 .…”

“…Conspecific females that are in competition with each other over reproductive resources such as nutrients and offspring development sites must be able to sense and process information about their competitors to remain engaged in the co-evolutionary ‘arms race’ 12 . Communication modalities conveying such information may be visual, vibratory (acoustic or substrate-vibration), or chemical (smell or taste) in nature 13 .…”