Cultural influences on female mate choice: An experimental test in cowbirds, Molothrus ater

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 421-426

  Freeberg, Todd M ^a,c   Duncan, Shan D ^a   Kast, Tracey L ^a   Enstrom, David A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR;

MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 0033082298     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0988     Document Type: Article

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