Griggio, Matteo; Devigili, Alessandro; Hoi, Herbert; … - In: Behavioral Ecology 20 (2009) 5, pp. 1072-1078
Albeit there is growing evidence that males prefer to mate with ornamented females, it has been suggested that the production of costly ornaments may reduce female fecundity, hence favoring males with a preference for females with average ornamentation. In the rock sparrow, Petronia petronia,...