Unraveling the true complexity of costly color signaling

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-236

  Kemp, Darrell J ^a   Herberstein, Marie E ^a   Grether, Gregory F ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COLOR MORPH; COMPLEXITY; HONEST SIGNALING; PIGMENT; REFLECTANCE; SIGNALING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857593113     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr153     Document Type: Article

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