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- Title
Mutual sexual selection in a monogamous seabird.
- Authors
Jones, Ian L.; Hunter, Fiona M.
- Abstract
Reports the results of a study of mate preferences of the crested auklet Aethia cristatella, a monogamous seabird in which both sexes are ornamented. Variation in crest length among 253 adult crested auklets measured at Buldir Island, Alaska; Responses to male and female ornament manipulations; Indication that crested auklet ornament size is likely to be favored by sexual selection involving mutual mate choice by both sexes.
- Subjects
AUKS; REPRODUCTION
- Publication
Nature, 1993, Vol 362, Issue 6417, p238
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/362238a0