Differential selection according to the degree of cheating in a status signal

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 667-669

  Nakagawa, Shinichi ^a,b   Lee, Jin Won ^a   Woodward, Beth K ^a   Hatchwell, Ben J ^a   Burke, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Badges of status; Cheating; House sparrows; Winter survival

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HONEST SIGNALING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; SIGNAL; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONESTY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPARROW; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 58149240032     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0349     Document Type: Article

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