Rearing conditions influence quality signals but not individual identity signals in Polistes wasps
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Rearing conditions influence quality signals but not individual identity signals in Polistes wasps
Given the diversity of animal signals, there has been recent interest in categorizing signals into probable functions according to their properties. For example, models predict that signals of quality should be costly and condition dependent, whereas signals of individual identity should be cheap and expressed independently of condition. Here, we test these predictions by comparing the conditio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral Ecology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1465-7279,1045-2249
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm013