Sexual selection: copy-cat mating in birds

Gillian Ruth Brown; TW Fawcett

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.08.005

Sexual selection: copy-cat mating in birds

Gillian Ruth Brown, TW Fawcett

School of Psychology and Neuroscience

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Abstract

Female zebra finches may be influenced by the choices of other females when selecting mates, challenging the view that mate-choice copying should not occur in species with biparental care.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R626-R628
Number of pages	3
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.08.005
Publication status	Published - 23 Aug 2005

Keywords

MATE-CHOICE
SOCIAL INFLUENCES
ZEBRA FINCHES
PREFERENCES

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