Alarm calling best predicts mating and reproductive success in ornamented male fowl, Gallus gallus

Studies of female mate choice in fowl typically invoke ornament size as the best predictor of male reproductive success. The strongest evidence comes from experiments in which a hen is presented with two unfamiliar and physically separated males that she can evaluate and mate with for up to 120 min....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Animal behaviour 2008-09, Vol.76 (3), p.543-554
Hauptverfasser:	Wilson, David R., Bayly, Karen L., Nelson, Ximena J., Gillings, Michael, Evans, Christopher S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	alarm call Animal behavior Animal cognition Animal communication Animal ethology Biological and medical sciences Birds Experiments fowl Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gallus gallus ornament Ornithology paternity Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry referential signal sexual selection
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