Super-normal length song preferences of female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and a theory of the evolution of bird song

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 365-380

  Neubauer, Raymond L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird call; Evolution of bird song; Female preference; Pre existing sensory bias; Supernormal stimulus; Taeniopygia guttata

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MATE CHOICE; SONG;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0033358739     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006708826432     Document Type: Article

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