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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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 |