Variation between self- and mutual assessment in animal contests

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-213

  Mesterton Gibbons, Mike ^a   Heap, Stephen M ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contest; Information; Mutual assessment; Self assessment; Signaling; Strategic error

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTEST COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIGHTING; GAME THEORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIGNALING; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892988490     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674443     Document Type: Article

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