The Pattern of Vocal Signals and the Information They Convey
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...attack, retreat), and not directly to its emotional state (Zahavi, 1982)....
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...Motivation states differ from emotions in the sense that they refer to the likelihood that an animal would perform a certain behaviour (e.g. attack, retreat), and not directly to its emotional state (Zahavi, 1982)....
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...This argument is based on ethological considerations concerning the best strategy of a confident fighter (which seems to be relaxation; see Zahavi, 1982, and Scherer, 1985a, p. 213, for a more detailed discussion of this important point)....
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...Lower frequency sounds may be effective indicators of relaxation, a motivational rule linked to dominant individuals (large size and optimal health conditions) in conspecific contests (Zahavi 1982; Sullivan & Leek 1986, 1987)....
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...Hence cheating by the use of a relaxed vocal signal demands a high cost (ZAHAVI, 1975) from the signaller....
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...I consider their findings one of the best cases which support the handicap principle (ZAHAVI, 1975, 1977a)....
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...Conflicts are often resolved without fighting, one party winning the dispute and the other losing it by the exchange of threats alone (MAYNARD-SMITH & PARKER, 1976)....
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...The same investment in energy by different individuals is not necessarily involved with the same cost in fitness (ZAHAVI, 1977b)....
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...I consider their findings one of the best cases which support the handicap principle (ZAHAVI, 1975, 1977a)....
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