Is preening behaviour sexually selected? An experimental approach

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1145-1151

  Griggio, Matteo ^a,b   Hoi, Herbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MATE CHOICE; PLUMAGE;

AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS;

EID: 33751236173     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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