Meta-analysis challenges a textbook example of status signalling and demonstrates publication bias

Meta-analysis challenges a textbook example of status signalling and demonstrates publication bias

The status signalling hypothesis aims to explain within-species variation in ornamentation by suggesting that some ornaments signal dominance status. Here, we use multilevel meta-analytic models to challenge the textbook example of this hypothesis, the black bib of male house sparrows (Passer domest...

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Main Authors: Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar, Shinichi Nakagawa, Moisès Sánchez-Fortún, Dominic A Martin, Sukanya Ramani, Antje Girndt, Veronika Bókony, Bart Kempenaers, András Liker, David F Westneat, Terry Burke, Julia Schroeder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-11-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Passer domesticus
badge of status
meta-analysis
dominance
ornament
publication bias
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/37385

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