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Vocal Dueting and the Pair Bond
Author(s) -
Wickler Wolfgang
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1980.tb00711.x
Subject(s) - mating , investment (military) , bond , mechanism (biology) , pair bond , communication , computer science , speech recognition , business , psychology , finance , biology , physics , ecology , political science , quantum mechanics , politics , law
A possible mechanism is suggested that would link pair‐specific dueting to pairbonding as an adaptive strategy. Working out a complex duet is interpreted as a kind of investment, more advantageous than other pre‐mating investments and satisfying the partner's coyness.