The handicap principle : a missing piece of Darwin's puzzle /

"Illuminates an astonishing variety of signaling behaviors in animals ranging from ants and amebas to peacocks, gazelles, and humans. Essentially, the theory asserts that for animal signals to be effective, they must be reliable, and to be reliable they must impose a cost, or handicap, on the s...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Zehavi, Amots
Other Authors:	Zahavi, Avishag
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from Hebrew.
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:	Animal behavior. Animal communication. Sociaal diergedrag. Communicatie. Signalen. Evolutie. Animaux > Moeurs et comportement. Communication animale.
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