Male great bowerbirds create forced perspective illusions with consistently different individual quality

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 51, 2012, Pages 20980-20985

  Kelley, Laura A ^a   Endler, John A ^a,b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED PERSPECTIVE ILLUSION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; ILLUSIONS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

CHLAMYDERA NUCHALIS; PTILONORHYNCHIDAE; PTILONORHYNCHUS;

EID: 84871399546     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208350109     Document Type: Article

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