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Science 25 June 1976:
Vol. 192. no. 4246, pp. 1353 - 1354
DOI: 10.1126/science.192.4246.1353
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Courtship Differences in Male Ring Doves: Avoidance of Cuckoldry?

CARL J. ERICKSON 1 and PATRICIA G. ZENONE 1

1 Psychology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706

Male ring doves exhibit less courtship and more aggressive behavior toward females that have recently associated with other males than to females that have been isolated. The difference in response may be related to the differing probability of cuckoldry.

Submitted on March 22, 1976


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