The evolution of index signals to avoid the cost of dishonesty

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1790, 2014, Pages

  Biernaskie, Jay M ^a   Grafen, Alan ^a,b   Perry, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; Costly signalling; Handicap principle; Honest signalling; Indices; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; DECEPTION; EVOLUTION; GAME; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DECEPTION; GAME THEORY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84904702748     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0876     Document Type: Article

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