Local traditions of bower decoration by spotted bowerbirds in a single population

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 759-765

  Madden, Joah R ^a   Lowe, Tamsin J ^a   Fuller, Hannah V ^a   Dasmahapatra, Kanchon K ^a   Coe, Rebecca L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SIMILARITY INDEX;

CHLAMYDERA; CHLAMYDERA MACULATA; PTILONORHYNCHIDAE;

EID: 5344254598     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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