Is signalling of fighting ability costlier for weaker individuals?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-88

  Hurd, Peter L ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EVOLUTION; FIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031556942     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0246     Document Type: Article

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