Consistency of female choice in the tungara frog: a permissive preference for complex characters
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Research was conducted to study the consistency of female choice in the tungara frog. The animal population was characterized by a wide range of responses to synthetically induced variation in sexually selected call characters. Stimuli were anesthetized using an Amiga 2000 computer at a sample rat of 20 kHz. Results showed that females lacked a repeatable preference for call alternatives. They also suggested that some female frogs had strong preferences for the whine-chuck while other females had a weaker preference for the same stimulus.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1998
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Interventions and alliance formation between female Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata, during homosexual consortships
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Homosexual behavior among captive-reared female Japanese macaques, 'Macaca fuscata,' promotes the formation of alliances between sexual partners. However, these individuals engage in homosexual behavior due to sexual prerogatives rather than socio-sexual or functional ones as evidenced by the absence of preference for dominant sexual partners, the two-way flow of approaches and solicitations between partners and the greater grooming responsibility attached to dominant females.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1996
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Is infant-carrying a courtship strategy in callitrichild primates?
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Data from captive marmosets and tamarins were analyzed to determine the relation between male callitrichild primates' infant-carrying behavior and courtship. This specie of primates was chosen because its males experience a 130-180 delay between mating and infant care. Results showed that infant-carrying by males does not serve as a form of courtship in callitrichild primates.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1997
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