Does foraging behaviour affect female mate preferences and pair formation in captive zebra finches?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Boogert, Neeltje J ^a   Bui, Cavina ^a   Howarth, Krista ^a   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^b   Lefebvre, Louis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINCH; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 78650733984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014340     Document Type: Article

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