Functions of courtship feeding in black-legged kittiwakes: natural and sexual selection
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The functions of courtship feeding in black-legged kittiwakes are studied to examine whether it would benefit males and females in different ways. It is concluded that courtship feeding in kittiwakes could have first evolved under natural selection (the nutrition hypothesis) and subsequently may have become a signal of male quality that females could use to evaluate their mates for future seasons (future mate appraisal hypothesis).
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2003
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Conspecific copying: a general mechanism of social aggregation
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Interest has grown recently in the concept of mate copying among females. Specifically, one female copies the mating decisions of other females, presumably supplying information to other females on what the male has to offer.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2003
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Extraterritorial forays are related to a male ornamental trait in the common yellowthroat
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A study of relationship between extrapair mating and male ornamental characters in common yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas, is presented.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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