Repeatability of mate choice in the zebra finch: Consistency within and between females

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1017-1028

  Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^a,b   Birkhead, Tim R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; SONG;

FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 6044276797     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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