The role of social interactions on the development and honesty of a signal of status

Badges of status are supposed to have insignificant production costs, so use costs are thought to be most important in ensuring signal reliability. Use costs arise from the use of the status signal in social interactions. Social experiences that arise from the use of inappropriate signals in social...

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Main Author: Diep, Sanh K
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2012
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/biology_etds/9
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=biology_etds