Signaling individual identity versus quality: A model and case studies with ruffs, queleas, and house finches

American Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-86

  Dale, J ^a   Lank, D B ^a   Reeve, H K ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity signals; Individual recognition; Plumage color; Quality indicators; Sexual selection; Signal properties

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PASSERINE; SIGNALING;

CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX; QUELEA QUELEA;

EID: 0034969216     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320861     Document Type: Article

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