Female preferences for long tails constrained by species recognition in short-tailed red bishops

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2008

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Pryke, Sarah
Andersson, Staffan

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Oxford University Press

Abstract

Sexual selection and species recognition both play important roles in mate choice. Typically, females use the relative expression of male sexual traits to select high-quality or attractive mates (sexual selection) of the same species (species recognition)

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Keywords: conspecific; gene expression; mate choice; mate recognition; passerine; sexual selection; Euplectes; Euplectes orix Euplectes; Receiver bias; Sexual selection; Species recognition; Tail length

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Behavioral Ecology

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Journal article

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2037-12-31