Variation in female choice of mates: condition influences selectivity

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 713-719

  Burley, Nancy Tyler ^a   Foster, Valerie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 33748183679     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.01.017     Document Type: Article

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