Sexual response of female Great Tits to local and distant songs

作者: Myron C. Baker , Peter K. McGregor , John R. Krebs

DOI: 10.2307/3676765

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摘要: We studied the response of wild-caught female Great Tits Parus major, implanted with estradiol, to playback songs males their own population and those a 8 km away. The females responded higher frequency copulation solicitation displays local than distant songs. This supports earlier circumstantial evidence (McGregor Krebs 1982a) that song structure is factor in mate choice Tit.

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