Complex male display and female choice in the spotted bowerbird: Specialized functions for different bower decorations

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1291-1301

  Borgia, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOWER DECORATION; DISPLAY; MATE CHOICE; SPOTTED BOWERBIRD;

CHLAMYDERA MACULATA;

EID: 0028974696     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1995.0161     Document Type: Article

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