Compensatory traits and the evolution of male ornaments

Behaviour

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-29

  Husak, Jerry F ^a   Swallow, John G ^a  

^a W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; costs; performance; signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551472224     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579510X541265     Document Type: Review

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