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Signal Function

Signal Function is a biological communication construct that specifies the evolutionary and ethological purpose of a signal by differentiating its adaptive role in conveying information, eliciting responses, or influencing receiver behavior within the context of Bird Communication or Mammalian Communication.

174

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16.8K

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398

Authors

209

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2017–2026

22

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Publications

174

Biological signals as handicaps

Alan Grafen · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1990 · 2.5K citations

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Complex signal function: developing a framework of testable hypotheses

Eileen A. Hebets, Daniel R. Papaj · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 2004 · 966 citations

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Competitive and optimal responses to signals: An analysis of efficiency and distribution

Michael Spence · Journal of Economic Theory · 1974 · 771 citations

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Animal signals: information or manipulation?

R. Dawkins, J. R. Krebs · 1978 · 754 citations

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Comparative Studies of the Behaviour of Gulls (Laridae): a Progress Report1)

N. Tinbergen · Behaviour · 1960 · 502 citations

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Authors

398

  1. EA
    Eileen A. Hebets

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    4 publications · 1.3K citations

    4

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  2. CS
    Christopher S. Evans

    Macquarie University, Australia

    4 publications · 596 citations

    4

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  3. MJ
    Michael J. Ryan

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    3 publications · 625 citations

    3

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  4. SA
    Staffan Andersson

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    3 publications · 305 citations

    3

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  5. PS
    Philip S. Gipson

    Kansas State University, United States

    2 publications · 66 citations

    2

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Institutions

209

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    390 citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    423 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    99 citations

  6. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    329 citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    206 citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    768 citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    16 publications · 1.5K citations

    15

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  2. Behaviour

    9 publications · 919 citations

    9

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  3. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 9 publications · 548 citations

    9

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  4. Behavioral Ecology

    8 publications · 762 citations

    8

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  5. The American Naturalist

    AN · 6 publications · 990 citations

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