Signal modulation as a mechanism for handicap disposal

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 935-944

  Gavassa, Sat ^a   Silva, Ana C ^b,c   Gonzalez, Emmanuel ^a   Stoddard, Philip K ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Brachyhypopomus gauderio; Competition; Electric fish; Handicap disposal; Handicap hypothesis; Honest signalling; Signal enhancement; Signal reliability

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SIGNALING; TELEOST;

BRACHYHYPOPOMUS;

EID: 84858747660     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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