Neighbours' breeding success and the sex ratio of their offspring affect the mate preferences of female zebra finches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Drullion, Dominique ^a   Dubois, Frédérique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINCH; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PROGENY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SON; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84555205560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029737     Document Type: Article

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