Elevation-related differences in female mate preference in mountain chickadees: Are smart chickadees choosier?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 99, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-94

  Branch, Carrie L ^a   Kozlovsky, Dovid Y ^a   Pravosudov, Vladimir V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Elevation gradient; Food caching; Local adaptation; Mate preference; Mountain chickadee; Photoperiod; Photostimulation; Poecile gambeli; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; ELEVATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MATE CHOICE; MEMORY; PASSERINE; PHOTOPERIOD; SURVIVAL;

PARIDAE; PARUS GAMBELI; POECILE GAMBELI;

EID: 84912039251     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.10.021     Document Type: Article

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