Peacocks orient their courtship displays towards the sun

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 825-834

  Dakin, Roslyn ^a   Montgomerie, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Courtship; Display; Peacock; Signal efficacy

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; GAMEBIRD; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR;

PAVO; PAVO CRISTATUS;

EID: 63149130674     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0717-6     Document Type: Article

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