An experimental test of condition-dependent male and female mate choice in zebra finches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Holveck, Marie Jeanne ^a,b   Geberzahn, Nicole ^a,c   Riebel, Katharina ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BROODING; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; FINCH; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; PREDICTION; REARING; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL;

EID: 80052041074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023974     Document Type: Review

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