Do female zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata, choose their mates based on their 'personality'?

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 908-917

  Schuett, Wiebke ^a   Godin, Jean Guy J ^b   Dall, Sasha R X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 80052775655     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01945.x     Document Type: Article

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