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When Less Is Best: Female Brown-Headed Cowbirds Prefer Less Intense Male Displays

Sexual selection theory predicts that females should prefer males with the most intense courtship displays. However, wing-spread song displays that male brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) direct at females are generally less intense than versions of this display that are directed at other males....

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Autores principales: O'Loghlen, Adrian L., Rothstein, Stephen I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22567131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036130