Female fowl (Gallus gallus) do not prefer alarm-calling males

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 525-552

  Wilson, David R ^a,b   Evans, Christopher S ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alarm signal; Mate choice; Mate investment; Sexual selection; Video playback

Indexed keywords

CORVIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77949564222     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579509X12603426568859     Document Type: Article

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