Peahens prefer peacocks with elaborate trains
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Females prefer to mate with peacocks that exhibit the most elaborate train.
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The peacock train is grown and discarded each year.
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- Authors
- Petrie, M., Tim, H., & Carolyn, S.
- Affiliations
- The Open University (GB)
- ORCID
- Petrie, Marion
- Venue
- Animal Behaviour
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1991-02
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 323-331
- ISSN
- 0003-3472 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2028329438
- Cited by
- 422
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 21.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Animal Behaviour (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Natural Environment Research Council
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Keywords
- peacock, Pavo cristatus, female mate choice, eyespots, lek mating system, mating success, sexual selection, female preference
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