Successfully mating male sage-grouse show greater laterality in courtship and aggressive interactions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 261-267

  Krakauer, Alan H ^a   Blundell, Melissa A ^a   Scanlan, Tawny N ^a   Wechsler, Michelle S ^a   McCloskey, Emily A ^a   Yu, Jennifer H ^a   Patricelli, Gail L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Centrocercus urophasianus; Courtship; Laterality; Lek; Mating success; Sage grouse; Visual field

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; GAMEBIRD; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEK; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; VISION;

ANIMALIA; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 84960461063     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.10.031     Document Type: Article

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