Spotted bowerbirds Chlamydera maculata do not prefer rare or costly bower decorations

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 589-595

  Madden, Joah R ^a,b   Balmford, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bower decorations; Chlamydera maculata; Mate choice; Secondary sexual traits; Spotted bowerbirds

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

CHLAMYDERA; CHLAMYDERA MACULATA; PASSERIFORMES; PTILONORHYNCHIDAE;

EID: 1942477352     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0737-6     Document Type: Article

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