Do Females Turn Males on and Off in Barnacle Goose Social Display

WOS:A1990CY82200004 International audience Male barnacle goose Branta leucopsis display duration is longest when females respond with loud repetitious calls, intermediate when females follow silently and shortest when females call softly. We argue that these encouraging and discouraging vocalization...

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Published in:Ethology
Main Authors: Hausberger, Martine, Black, Jeffrey M.
Other Authors: URA373 Laboratoire d'Ethologie Ontogenèse et valeur adaptative des comportements, Ethologie animale et humaine (EthoS), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Humboldt State University (HSU)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 1990
Subjects:
[SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology
[SDV.NEU.PC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Psychology and behavior
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
Barnacle goose
Branta leucopsis
Online Access:https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01319174
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1990.tb00799.x
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Summary:WOS:A1990CY82200004 International audience Male barnacle goose Branta leucopsis display duration is longest when females respond with loud repetitious calls, intermediate when females follow silently and shortest when females call softly. We argue that these encouraging and discouraging vocalizations and the associated posturing is an influential behaviour used during the mate choice, pair maintenance and aggressive interaction processes.

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