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Behavioural ecology

signal whose intensity is physically tied to the quality it shows, such as body size, so that it cannot be faked.

In behavioural ecology, index signal refers to signal whose intensity is physically tied to the quality it shows, such as body size, so that it cannot be faked. This meaning comes from Maynard Smith (1995) in Journal of Theoretical Biology.[1]

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References

Maynard Smith, J., & Harper, D. G. C. (1995). Animal signals: Models and terminology. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 177(3), 305-311. https://doi.org/10.1006/jtbi.1995.0248

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