Between cheap and costly signals: The evolution of partially honest communication

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1750, 2013, Pages

  Zollman, Kevin J S ^a   Bergstrom, Carl T ^b,c   Huttegger, Simon M ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Sante Fe Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Costly signalling; Handicap theory; Hybrid equilibria; Replicator dynamics

Indexed keywords

HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HYBRID; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SIGNALING;

EID: 84869850125     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1878     Document Type: Article

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