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Spatial memory is as important as weapon and body size for territorial ownership in a lekking hummingbird

Advanced cognitive abilities have long been hypothesized to be important in mating. Yet, most work on sexual selection has focused on morphological traits and its relevance for cognitive evolution is poorly understood. We studied the spatial memory of lekking long-billed hermits (Phaethornis longiro...

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Autores principales: Araya-Salas, Marcelo, Gonzalez-Gomez, Paulina, Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Katarzyna, López, Virgilio, Wright, Timothy F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5792557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29386557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20441-x