Bower decorations are good predictors of mating success in the spotted bowerbird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 269-277

  Madden, Joah R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female choice; Inter population differences; Spotted bowerbird

Indexed keywords

BIRD; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; ORNAMENTATION;

AVES; CHLAMYDERA; CHLAMYDERA MACULATA; PTILONORHYNCHIDAE; SOLANUM;

EID: 0038579322     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0583-6     Document Type: Article

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