Pleasing to the eye: Even brooding female birds are sensitive to visual stimulation

Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 11:32 in Biology & Nature

In a breeding experiment with Houbara bustards - a North African bird species with a very distinctive courtship behaviour, scientists have concluded that visual stimulation from attractive males of the same species positively affects brooding females, improving offspring growth.

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