Decoration supplementation and male-male competition in the great bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis): A test of the social control hypothesis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1887-1896

  Doerr, Natalie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended phenotype; Great bowerbird; Honest signal; Male male competition; Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis; Status signal

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIGNAL;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDERA NUCHALIS; PTILONORHYNCHUS;

EID: 77957981549     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1000-6     Document Type: Article

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