Dynamic mate-searching tactic allows female satin bowerbirds Ptilonorhynchus violaceus to reduce searching

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1440, 2000, Pages 251-256

  Albert, J ^a   Uy, C ^a   Patricelli, Gail L ^a   Borgia, Gerald ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Mate fidelity; Mate sampling; Mate searching; Satin bowerbirds

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BIRD; COPULATION; COST; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MATING; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PTILONORHYNCHIDAE; PTILONORHYNCHUS VIOLACEUS;

EID: 0034615143     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0994     Document Type: Article

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