Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

The origins of acoustic communication in vertebrates

  • Zhuo Chen,
  • John J. Wiens

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14356-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Acoustic communication is widespread, but not universal, across terrestrial vertebrates. Here, the authors show that acoustic communication evolved anciently, but independently, in most tetrapod groups and that these origins were associated with nocturnal activity.