Peahens do not prefer peacocks with more elaborate trains

2008/02/22 by Mariko Takahashi, Hiroyuki Arita, Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa +2 · 6 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · Psychology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Biology #Demography #Mate choice #Mathematics #Mating #Plumage #Population #Preference #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Reproductive success #Sexual selection #Statistics #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.10.004

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