Limits to length asymmetry detection in starlings: Implications for biological signalling

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1426, 1999, Pages 1299-1303

  Swaddle, John P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluctuating asymmetry; Operant conditioning; Sexual selection; Signalling; Starling; Symmetry perception

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PASSERINE; SIGNAL;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0033532971     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0778     Document Type: Article

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