Long-term commitment promotes honest status signalling

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 295-302

  Számadó, Szabolcs ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Badge of dominance; Commitment; Cost free signal; Honest signalling; Status signalling

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; MAGNITUDE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIGNALING; STABILIZATION;

EID: 79960554448     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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