Must reliable signals always be costly?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1115-1120

  Smith, J Maynard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

HONEST ADVERTISING; PHILIP SIDNEY GAME; SIGNAL RELIABILITY;

EID: 0028079229     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1994.1149     Document Type: Article

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