What maintains signal honesty in animal colour displays used in mate choice?

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2017-07-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1098/rstb.2016.0343PMID 28533460PMCID PMC5444064
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