ARE WARNING COLORS HANDICAPS
The handicap theory, in which the cost of waste guarantees honest advertising, is being used increasingly in solutions to the problems of biological signal evolution. The ability of the handicap theory to explain the design of signals has never been properly tested. The authors test its ability to e...
Main Authors: | Guilford, T, Dawkins, M |
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Format: | Journal article |
Published: |
1993
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