Tap dancing birds: the multimodal mutual courtship display of males and females in a socially monogamous songbird

According to classical sexual selection theory, complex multimodal courtship displays have evolved in males through female choice. While it is well-known that socially monogamous songbird males sing to attract females, we report here the first example of a multimodal dance display that is not a uniq...

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Main Authors: Ota, Nao, Gahr, Manfred, Soma, Masayo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994120/