Female zebra finches prefer unfamiliar males but not when watching noninteractive video

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-167

  Swaddle, John P ^a   McBride, Lara ^a   Malhotra, Sabina ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; RESEARCH WORK; VIDEOGRAPHY;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 33745287765     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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