Female rock sparrows (Petronia petronia), not males, respond differently to simulations of different courtship interaction outcomes

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 735-752

  Matessi, Giuliano ^a   McGregor, Peter K ^b   Peake, Tom M ^a,c   Dabelsteen, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Duchy College   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding strategies; Courtship signals; Extra pair copulation; Female vocalisations; Female female competition; Information gathering

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIDAE; PETRONIA PETRONIA;

EID: 34548754062     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907781476382     Document Type: Article

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