Does signalling mitigate the cost of agonistic interactions? A test in a cricket that has lost its song

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1693, 2010, Pages 2571-2575

  Logue, D M ^a,b   Abiola, I O ^a   Rains, D ^a   Bailey, N W ^c   Zuk, M ^c   Cade, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic signals; Aggression; Animal communication; Coordination games; Flatwing mutation; Signalling

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; FIGHTING; MUTATION; SIGNALING; SONG;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLINAE; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 77956472535     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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