This chapter presents a critical review of the theories that have formed and/or continue to
form the basic assumptions underlying citation analysis. Unless stated otherwise, the term …

The most widely cited explanation for the evolution of reliable signals is Zahavi's so‐called
Handicap Principle, which proposes that signals are honest because they are costly to …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Gull chicks beg for food from their parents. Peacocks spread their tails to attract potential
mates. Meerkats alert family members of the approach of predators. But are these--and other …

The “costly signaling” hypothesis proposes that animal signals are kept honest by
appropriate signal costs. We show that to the contrary, signal cost is unnecessary for honest …

There are both costs and benefits for host plants that associate with microbes in the
rhizosphere. Typically, an individual plant associates with multiple microbial genotypes …

Honest signalling assumes a correlation between an observable signal and a
nonobservable quality. There are many mutually nonexclusive mechanisms that can …

Darwin (1871) proposed two modes of sexual selection: direct competition between
individuals of the same sex (intrasexual selection) and mate choice (intersexual selection) …

A central question in animal communication research concerns the reliability of animal
signals. The question is particularly relevant to aggressive communication, where there …

Although coordinated patterns of body movement can be used to communicate action
intention, they can also be used to deceive. Often known as deceptive movements, these …