The integration of function and ontogeny in the evolution of status signals

Behaviour

Volumn 150, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1015-1044

  Westneat, David F ^a   Diep, Sanh Kin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; probing; punishment; reliable signaling; social control; stable communication; testosterone; true badge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893360147     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003066     Document Type: Review

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