Paula Verzola Olivio

• Abstract

  Courtship is a communicative process, where the males can signal their qualities, and the females evaluate them and choose mates. During this dynamic interaction, the males may adjust their signals accordingly to female responses. Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) courtship display is composed of three different sensorial modalities (visual/motor, acoustic, and chemical). The male initiates co…

  It takes two to tango: female role in guinea pig courtship displays, BP.PD
• Development of biomolecules for coffee pollination aiming to increase productivity and grain quality., BP.TT

• Abstract

  Females and males have different reproductive strategies. While males increase their fitness increasing the number of matings in a reproductive season, this practice do not aggregate anything to the females fitness. Female fitness increasing whether they choose a great male. A good choice could bring direct benefits (material) or indirect benefits (genetic) to females and/or their offspr…

  Mating choice in caviomorph rodents: is it a multimodal decision?, BP.DR

(Only some records are available in English at this moment)

• Abstract

  My postdoctoral research project is investigating whether the variation in guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) courtship display is a result of male behavioral adjustment in response to female behavior. Previous results indicate that the courtship call could be the most important component of the display since it is exhibited for a longer time than other elements (rumba and multimodal exhibition…

  Sensory Perception and Social Behavior, BE.EP.PD

• Abstract

  Most of the animal courtship displays are composed by complex signals from the combination of more than one component or from the overlapping of different multiple sensory modalities. Cavia species are a rare example of mammals that use a complex courtship display, in which at least three signals from different modalities are used: acoustic, visual and chemical.The main goal of this inter…

  Methods in multimodal communication, BE.EP.DR