The Roaring of Red Deer and the Evolution of Honest Advertisement

1979/01/01 by Tim Clutton‐Brock, T.H. Clutton-Brock, S.D. Albon +1 · 36 citations
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Ecology and biodiversity studies

paper · doi:10.1163/156853979x00449

Abstract

Abstract In many large animals, changes in fighting ability within breeding seasons or across the lifetime of individuals are related to changes in body condition but not to obvious changes in size. In situations where a conflict of interests is likely to lead to a fight, we might consequently expect opponents to assess each other on traits which are related to variation in body condition. This appears to be the case among red deer stags. Competing

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