A review of interspecific social play among nonhuman animals
BROOKS, H.J.B. & G.M. Burghardt. A comparative review of interspecific social play among nonhuman animals. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV XX(X) XXX-XXX, XXXX.- Few species play socially with another species, hereafter called interspecific social play (ISP). ISP involves reading and responding appropriately to social cues of other species, often taxonomically remote, and has implications for perception, communication, […]
Female spadefoot toads compromise on mate quality to ensure conspecific matings
When high-quality conspecifics resemble heterospecifics, females may be unable to engage effectively in both species recognition (identification of conspecifics) and mate-quality recognition (identification of high-quality mates). Consequently, females that engage primarily in mate-quality recognition may risk heterospecific matings, and females that engage primarily in species recognition may risk mating with low-quality mates. I examined the […]
The (mis)concept of species recognition
To many, the concept of ‘species recognition’ is integral to the origin and maintenance of species. However, the heuristic value of species recognition is hampered by its reliance on the problematic concept of species. In this paper, we first discuss assumptions associated with prevailing use of the term, including the typological implications of the concept, […]