Honest signaling and oxidative stress: the special case of avian acoustic communication

Much research on animal communication has addressed how costs or constraints determined by the oxidative status of an individual can assure the honesty of visual signals, such as sexually selected color ornaments. However, acoustic communication has been largely overlooked in this respect. Here, we...

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Main Authors: Stefania eCasagrande, Rianne ePinxten, Marcel eEens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2016.00052/full