Multiple male traits interact: attractive bower decorations facilitate attractive behavioural displays in satin bowerbirds

GL Patricelli, JAC Uy, G Borgia - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Sexually selected male courtship displays often involve multiple behavioural and physical
traits, but little is known about the function of different traits in mate choice. Here, we
examine female courtship behaviours to learn how male traits interact to influence female
mating decisions. In satin bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), successful males give
highly aggressive, intense behavioural displays without startling females. Males do this by
modulating their displays in response to female crouching, which signals the display …

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Sexually selected male courtship displays often involve multiple behavioural and physical
traits, but little is known about the function of different traits in mate choice. Here, we
examine female courtship behaviours to learn how male traits interact to influence female
mating decisions. In satin bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), successful males give
highly aggressive, intense behavioural displays without startling females. Males do this by
modulating their displays in response to female crouching, which signals the display …
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