Comment on "Illusions promote mating success in great bowerbirds"

Gerald Borgia; Brian J. Coyle; Jason Keagy

doi:10.1126/science.1220775

Comment on "Illusions promote mating success in great bowerbirds"

Gerald Borgia, Brian J. Coyle, Jason Keagy

Ecosystem Science and Management

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Kelley and Endler (Reports, 20 January 2012, p. 335) claim that male great bowerbirds construct a visual illusion, using display object gradients, that affects mating success. We argue that they provide inadequate statistical support for their hypothesis, inappropriately exclude important data, and do not consider other display traits that explain mating success. We propose a more plausible alternative hypothesis to explain display object patterns.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	292.b
Journal	Science
Volume	337
Issue number	6092
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1220775
State	Published - Jul 20 2012

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