Male quality and conspecific scent preferences in the house finch, Carpodacus mexicanus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1483-1489

  Amo, Luisa ^a   López Rull, Isabel ^a   Pagán, Iluminada ^a   Macías Garcia, Constantino ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Avian olfaction; Carpodacus mexicanus; Chemical ecology; Intrasexual interaction; Male quality; Mate choice; Sex recognition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CONSPECIFIC; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION; OLFACTION; SCENT MARKING; SONGBIRD;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870471066     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.09.021     Document Type: Article

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