The role of power versus energy in courtship: What is the 'energetic cost' of a courtship display?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 269-277

  Clark, Christopher J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship display; Energetic cost; Energy; Index signal; Metabolism; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862674417     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.04.012     Document Type: Note

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