The signaller's dilemma: A cost-benefit analysis of public and private communication

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Römer, Heiner ^a   Lang, Alexander ^a   Hartbauer, Manfred ^a  

^a Karl Franzenes University   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY COST; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NEOTROPICS; NIGHT; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; RAIN FOREST; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VIBRATION; ANIMAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INSECTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78149438447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013325     Document Type: Article

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