'Conventional' signals in avian agonistic displays: Integrating theory, data and different levels of analysis

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-162

  Deag, John M ^a   Scott, Graham W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BIRD; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; DATA ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARIDAE;

EID: 0033590559     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0825     Document Type: Article

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