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The Dynamics of Honesty: Modelling the Growth of Costly, Sexually-Selected Ornaments

The handicap principle suggests that individuals of superior quality can more easily bear the cost of developing extravagant ornaments. Consequently, ornament size should provide reliable information about quality or condition. Previous models have largely ignored the process of ornament growth, foc...

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Autores principales: Rands, Sean A., Evans, Matthew R., Johnstone, Rufus A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22073280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027174