An integrative view of the signaling phenotype: Dynamic links between signals, physiology, behavior and social context

Current Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 739-754

  Vitousek, Maren N ^a   Zonana, David M ^b   Safran, Rebecca J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Phenotype; Physiology; Sexual selection; Signal trait; Social feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916237351     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/60.6.739     Document Type: Article

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