The fitness value of information

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-230

  Donaldson Matasci, Matina C ^a   Bergstrom, Carl T ^b   Lachmann, Michael ^c  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; SENSORY SYSTEM;

EID: 77952896926     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17781.x     Document Type: Article

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