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Area of Science:

Evolutionary biology
Animal communication
Behavioral ecology

Background:

Quantifying signal repertoire size is crucial for understanding signal evolution and complexity.
Direct measurement is often impractical for large repertoires, leading to estimation methods.
Existing methods' accuracy and limitations are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the accuracy of common signal repertoire size quantification methods.
To assess the impact of sample size and presentation style on estimation error.
To compare estimation methods against simple enumeration and biological receiver challenges.

Main Methods:

Simulated repertoires of known sizes were used to test three quantification methods: simple enumeration, curve-fitting, and capture-recapture analysis.
The influence of varying sample sizes and different presentation styles was investigated.
Estimation errors were quantified and compared across methods and conditions.

Main Results:

Estimation error decreased with larger sample sizes, as expected.
Curve-fitting and capture-recapture methods showed similar or greater errors than simple enumeration for most presentation styles.
Incomplete samples led to inaccurate individual rankings and spurious correlations, irrespective of the method used.

Conclusions:

Common methods for quantifying signal repertoire size may not be more accurate than simple counting of observed signals.
Incomplete sampling significantly biases results, potentially misrepresenting evolutionary dynamics.
Biological receivers may face similar challenges in accurately assessing signal repertoire sizes, with implications for signal evolution.