Calculating the ESS level of information transfer in aggressive communication

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-232

  Hurd, Peter L ^a,b   Ydenberg, Ronald C ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Communication; Cost; Honesty; Threat

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMMUNICATION; EVOLUTIONARY STABLE STRATEGY; MODELLING; THREAT DISPLAY;

EID: 0030482193     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01237680     Document Type: Article

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