How threat displays work: species-specific fighting techniques, weaponry and proximity risk

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1455-1463

  Számadó, Szabolcs ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

dishonest striking distance; honest signalling; honest striking distance; proximity risk; species specific fighting technique; threat displays; weaponry

Indexed keywords

CHEATING BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FIGHTING; HONEST SIGNALING; PREDICTION; THRESHOLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 53549103854     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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