Signaling health versus parasites

American Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-371

  Getty, Thomas ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Immunocompetence; Mate choice; Parasites; Sexual selection; Signaling

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MATE CHOICE; PARASITE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

EID: 0036120058     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338992     Document Type: Article

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