Female zebra finches prefer the songs of males who quickly solve a novel foraging task to the songs of males unable to solve the task
Abstract Correlative evidence suggests that high problem‐solving and foraging abilities in a mate are associated with direct fitness advantages, so it would benefit females to prefer problem‐solving males. Recent work has also shown that females of several bird species who directly observe males pre...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-09-01
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Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6690 |