Threat displays are not handicaps

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-348

  Számadó, Szabolcs ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY; SIGNAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BIRD; BODY POSTURE; CANIDAE; CAT; DISABILITY; DOG; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREAT;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037424660     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2003.3176     Document Type: Article

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