Vocal performance in songbirds: Territorial defense and the development of male song and female mating preferences
The evolution of sexually selected signals has been a major topic of scientific research since Darwin. In recent years, scientists have focused on how elaborate signals can indicate honest information about the quality of their bearers, as predicted by reliability theory. A key concept relating to h...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2014
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3615435 |