Time spent with a male is a good indicator of mate preference in female zebra finches

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-204

  Witte, Klaudia ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female; Mate choice experiment; Mate preference; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

HORSE; MATE CHOICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEXUAL SELECTION;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 33750164296     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2006.9522707     Document Type: Article

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