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conventional signal: a standalone construct

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Animal behaviour

a signal whose meaning rests on an agreed association rather than on an inherent cost or physical link to quality, kept honest by social consequences.

In animal behaviour, conventional signal refers to a signal whose meaning rests on an agreed association rather than on an inherent cost or physical link to quality, kept honest by social consequences. This meaning comes from Guilford (1995) in Animal Behaviour.[1]

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References

Guilford, T., & Dawkins, M. S. (1995). What are conventional signals? Animal Behaviour, 49(6), 1689-1695. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472(95)90090-x

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