Female quail prefer testosterone-mediated traits, rather than the ornate plumage of males

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 465-476

  Hagelin, Julie C ^a   Ligon, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; CALLIPEPLA GAMBELII; CALLIPEPLA SQUAMATA; GALLIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034966174     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1618     Document Type: Article

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