The multiple signals assessed by female satin bowerbirds: Could they be used to narrow down females' choices of mates?

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 264-267

  Robson, Timothy E ^a   Goldizen, Anne W ^a   Green, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bowerbirds; Chemical signalling; Female choice; Multiple signals; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POLYGYNY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION;

PTILONORHYNCHIDAE; PTILONORHYNCHUS VIOLACEUS;

EID: 25444458353     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0325     Document Type: Article

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