Efficacy and honesty in communication between relatives

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-58

  Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deceit; Handicap principle; Honest signaling; Noise; Perceptual error; Philip Sidney game

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; EVOLUTION; HONESTY; MODELLING;

EID: 0031865409     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286148     Document Type: Article

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