The evolution of index signals to avoid the cost of dishonesty.

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Animals often convey useful information, despite a conflict of interest between the signaller and receiver. There are two major explanations for such 'honest' signalling, particularly when the size or intensity of signals reliably indicates the underlying quality of the signaller. Costly signalling theory (including the handicap principle) predicts that dishonest signals are too costly to fake, whereas the index...

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