Cognitive ability and the evolution of multiple behavioral display traits

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 448-456

  Keagy, Jason ^a   Savard, Jean Franois ^b   Borgia, Gerald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; cognitive evolution; mating success; multicomponent traits; Ptilonorhynchus violaceus; satin bowerbird; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVORSHIP;

PTILONORHYNCHUS VIOLACEUS;

EID: 84857578436     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr211     Document Type: Article

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