Many animals minimize the costs of aggressive conflict by using conventional signals of
agonistic ability to assess rivals prior to interacting. Conventional signals are a subset of …

Competition over resources is often decided via aggressive interactions, which may or may
not escalate to all-out fights. Weapons and body size play important roles in such …

Many animals use signals of fighting ability to minimize the costs of competition. Theory
predicts that signals must be costly to remain reliable indicators of their bearer's abilities, but …

During aggressive interactions, animals may signal their competitive ability by various
ornaments referred to as badges of status. The use of a single badge predicting dominance …

Some animals minimize the high costs of aggressive conflict by using conventional signals
of agonistic ability to assess rivals prior to interacting. Conventional signals are more …

Fighting behaviour is a key determinant of an individual's ability to access critical resources
available in limited supply and evolutionary game theory was first developed for the analysis …

How honest or reliable signaling can evolve and be maintained has been a major question
in evolutionary biology. The question is especially puzzling for a particular class of signals …

Using a simple model of signaling of fighting ability, I demonstrate that;(1) conventional, cost-
free, signals of fighting ability can be an ESS,(2) signals with significant costs can be used at …

Aggressive competition is an important aspect of social interactions, but conflict can be
costly. Some animals are thought to minimize the costs of conflict by using conventional …

The handicap principle (Zahavi, 1975, 1987; Zahavi and Zahavi, 1997) is now widely used
to explain the evolution of conspicuous signals such as tail ornaments, courtship displays …