Male Golden-collared Manakins Manacus vitellinus do not adapt their courtship display to spatial alteration of their court

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Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 173-176

  Coccon, Francesca ^a   Schlinger, Barney A ^b   Fusani, Leonida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arena; Breeding season; Choreography; Courtship; Display

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FLOOR; LEARNING; MATE ATTRACTION; PASSERINE; PRECISION;

MANACUS VITELLINUS;

EID: 83855165714     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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