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honest signaling — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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honest signaling

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 4 | Mentions: 4

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Knowledge graph centered on honest signaling with 70 nodes and 149 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri.

Definition

Signaling system where the signal reliably indicates the quality or quantity of rewards available to the receiver

Related Terms (4)

honest signalshonest signalhonest cuesignal honesty

Publications (4)

Volatile organic compounds as signals for pollinators and their consistency across years

Effects of nectar robbing on pollen deposition and hummingbird-pollinator behavior in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

The structure, meaning and function of yellow-bellied marmot pup screams

2008Animal Behaviourframework

Intraspecific signaling function of Crown Coloration in Mountain White-Crowned Sparrows

Related Concepts (10)

pollinator foraging behavior

process2 shared papers

floral volatile organic compounds

measurement2 shared papers

plant-pollinator mutualism

process1 shared paper

snow cover duration

measurement1 shared paper

nectar robbing

process1 shared paper

interspecific competition

process1 shared paper

maternal care

process1 shared paper

pollination effectiveness

process1 shared paper

breeding ecology

process1 shared paper

acoustic playback experiment

methodological1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Bombus appositus

Bombus vosnesenskii

Selasphorus platycercus

Trochilidae2 papers

Bombus

I. aggregata

B. vosnesenskii

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae2 papers

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae2 papers

Hummingbird

B. rufocinctus