Victory displays: A game-theoretic analysis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 597-605

  Mesterton Gibbons, Mike ^a   Sherratt, Tom N ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bystander effects; Game theory; Signaling; Victory displays

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; GAME THEORY; PROBABILITY; SIGNALING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 33745622661     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ark008     Document Type: Article

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