Do male meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) always prefer and signal to ‘popular’ females? The role of social information context
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0017
Abstract: For males, the behaviour of rival conspecifics can provide vital information about finding reproductively available females, and which have high-quality phenotypes. While valuable, this information represents sperm competition risk and even the potential for rejection… read more here.
Keywords: odour; social information; information; male meadow ... See more keywords