Mate-choice copying by female zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata: What happens when model females provide inconsistent information?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-276

  Drullion, Dominique ^a   Dubois, Frédérique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural plasticity; Inconsistent information; Mate choice copying; Monogamous species; Zebra finches

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 56749154430     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0658-5     Document Type: Article

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