Cheating as a mixed strategy in a simple model of aggressive communication

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 221-230

  Számadó, Szabolcs ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY; HONEST SIGNALING;

EID: 0343485037     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1293     Document Type: Article

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