Investigating female mate choice for mechanical sounds in the male Greater Sage-Grouse

Auk

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 349-358

  Koch, Rebecca E ^a,b   Krakauer, Alan H ^a   Patricelli, Gail L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrocercus urophasianus; Display plasticity; Mate choice; Mechanical sound; Sexual selection; Sonation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; GAMEBIRD; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 84921458038     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/AUK-14-63.1     Document Type: Article

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