Honest signaling of intentions: The importance of performance risk, receiver response, and prior knowledge of opponents in the threat displays of mandrills

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 455-476

  Laidre, Mark E ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual recognition; Mandrillus; Reliable communication; Sequential analysis; Vulnerability handicap

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; MANDRILLUS; MANDRILLUS SPHINX; PRIMATES;

EID: 21344472350     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539054012038     Document Type: Article

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