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Courtship

The mutual attraction between individuals of the opposite sex.


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Birds songs and whistles

I think there is no such difference. Birds use different tonalities to communicate among species based on different stimuli (predators, courtship, resources, etc.). What I think is that what we call whistles are simple signals to alert of one's presence in a specific area, or to point out ...

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by ottomonge
Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:35 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: BIrd SOng And Bird Whistle.
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Views: 1655

Woman

I think OP might be interested in female displays of courtship?

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by mith
Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:43 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Woman
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Views: 1286

Cells

... at different times of the year, maybe one in late summer the other in late winter, so they don't meet. 3.) Behavioural Isolation Due to specific courtship rituals, 2 species might not mate. Some species of birds, although really closely related, cannot mate, because they might have different ...

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by Azedenkae
Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:56 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Cells
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Views: 3825

The Fiber Disease

... There was also no evidence of hybrid breakdown because hybrid male offspring mating with female offspring of either species did not show abnormal courtship behavior or reduced fertility. The authors conclude that microbial-induced reproductive isolation is already apparent between N. longicornis ...

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by J Jill
Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:35 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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Darwin's Finches

As February Beetle said, mating rituals for birds play a large part in courtship but it could just be sexual isolation, i.e. mutual attraction between the sexes of different species is absent. They just don't fancy each other!

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by madnewt
Fri May 12, 2006 2:18 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Darwin's Finches
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