Peahens prefer peacocks displaying more eyespots, but rarely

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Dakin, Roslyn ^a   Montgomerie, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Courtship; Display; Eyespot; Mate choice; Ornamentation; Pavo cristatus; Peacock

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COURTSHIP; EYE; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION;

PAVO; PAVO CRISTATUS;

EID: 79958808998     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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