Bower paint removal leads to reduced female visits, suggesting bower paint functions as a chemical signal

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1209-1215

  Hicks, Reimi E ^a   Larned, Archer ^a   Borgia, Gerald ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowerbird; Chemical signal; Female choice; Mating behaviour; Multicomponent signal; Ptilonorhynchus violaceus; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; FEMALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD;

PTILONORHYNCHIDAE; PTILONORHYNCHUS VIOLACEUS;

EID: 84879256313     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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