'Virtual Parrots' confirm mating preferences of female budgerigars

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 961-971

  Moravec, Marin L ^a   Striedter, Georg F ^b   Burley, Nancy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEARNING; MATE CHOICE; PAIR BOND; SEXUAL SELECTION; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 77956472621     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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