Contest duration: Sizing up the opposition?

Martin P. Gammell; Ian C.W. Hardy

doi:10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00222-2

Contest duration: Sizing up the opposition?

Martin P. Gammell, Ian C.W. Hardy

University of Nottingham

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Abstract

Over 2000 years ago, Sun Tzu advised military strategists to know their own strengths and weaknesses as well as those of their enemies. Similarly, animals engaging in pairwise contests are often thought to employ mutual assessment as a means of conflict resolution, with contests being resolved more quickly the more the strengths and weaknesses of the rivals differ. In an important new paper, Taylor and Elwood argue that available evidence could be misleading and that many contests might in fact be resolved by self-assessment alone.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	491-493
Number of pages	3
Journal	Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume	18
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00222-2
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2003
Externally published	Yes

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