Courtship display by great frigatebirds, Fregata minor: An energetically costly handicap signal?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 397-406

  Dearborn, Donald C ^a   Anders, Angela D ^b   Williams, Joseph B ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doubly labeled water; Field metabolic rate; Handicap; Mate choice; Seabird

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; COURTSHIP; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; SEABIRD;

FREGATA MINOR; FREGATIDAE;

EID: 22844435980     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0933-7     Document Type: Article

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