Breeding experience and the heritability of female mate choice in collared flycatchers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Hegyi, Gergely ^a   Herényi, Márton ^a   Wilson, Alastair J ^b   Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^c   Rosivall, Balázs ^a   Eens, Marcel ^d   Török, János ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BREEDING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 78149483759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013855     Document Type: Article

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