Do peahens not prefer peacocks with more elaborate trains?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Loyau, Adeline ^a   Petrie, Marion ^b   Saint Jalme, Michel ^c   Sorci, Gabriele ^d  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

female mate choice; interpopulation variability; ornament; Pavo cristatus; peafowl

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GAMEBIRD; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION;

PAVO; PAVO CRISTATUS;

EID: 53549134684     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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