Sexual Selection in Bowerbirds
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Description: Research at the Borgia Lab concentrates on understanding the evolution of the complex sexual male displays in the Satin Bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus.
Bowerbirds and sexual selection -- Gerald Borgia We are interested in the evolution of mate choice and male display in nonresource-based mating systems such as occurs in lekking species. Most bowerbirds have a lek-like mating system and males have no role in parental care but they build intricate and often finely crafted stick structures associated with their display sites called bowers. We study bowerbirds as a model system for understanding the evolution of complex male sexual display and related processes like mate searching. Currently we are engaged in a long term study of Satin Bowerbirds in northern NSW, Australia but past studies have involved all other accessible species in this family
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| Page title: | Bowerbirds and sexual selection -- Gerald Borgia |
| Keywords: | Bowerbirds,sexual selection, mate choice,sexual display, satin bowerbird, spotted bowerbird, great bowerbird, western bowerbird, fawn breasted bowerbird, vogelkop bowerbird, streaked bowerbird, archbold's bowerbird, Macgregor's bowerbird, golden bowerbird, bower decoration, bower, elaborate display, good genes, runaway selection, preexisting traits, preexisting preferences, |
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