Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10970818 | Animal Behaviour | 2012 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We show that female koalas use formants to select larger males as mating partners. ⺠This is the first evidence of a marsupial mating preference based on a vocal signal. ⺠Formant perception may initially have evolved to broadcast information on body size.
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Authors
Benjamin D. Charlton, William A.H. Ellis, Jacqui Brumm, Karen Nilsson, W. Tecumseh Fitch,