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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2018

Adiposity signals predict vocal effort in Alston's singing mice.

Tracy T Burkhard, Rebecca R Westwick, Steven M Phelps

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Tracy T BurkhardDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA tburk@utexas.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1013-2782
Rebecca R WestwickDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Steven M PhelpsDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advertisement displays often seem extravagant and expensive, and are thought to depend on the body condition of a signaller. Nevertheless, we know little about how signallers adjust effort based on condition, and few studies find a strong relationship between natural variation in condition and display. To examine the relationship between body condition and signal elaboration more fully, we characterized physiological condition and acoustic displays in a wild rodent with elaborate vocalizations, Alston's singing mouse,

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AdiposityVocalization, AnimalAnimalsArvicolinaeBody WeightCosta RicaHormonesMaleNutrientsHormonesNutrientscondition dependenceenergy balancegood geneshonest signallinghormones and behavioursinging mice

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PMID29695445
PMCPMC5936728

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