Only females in poor condition display a clear preference and prefer males with an average badge

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Griggio, Matteo ^a   Hoi, Herbert ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CONDITION FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PLUMAGE; SONGBIRD;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPARROWS;

EID: 77955961478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-261     Document Type: Article

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