By rearing native males in captivity with and without mature tutors, Dr. Borgia will answer this question. His interests span all taxa. Previous field work was on insect mating behavior, and his students have studied blue crabs, wasps, guppies, toque monkeys, tamarins, terns, gulls, and song sparrows. Representative Publications Borgia, G. and D. Presgraves, 1998. Uy, A., Patricelli, G. and Borgia, G. 2000.
Dynamic mate searching tactic allows female satin bowerbirds to reduce searching.
Uy, J.A.C. and Borgia, G. 2000. Sexual selection drives rapid divergence in bowerbird display traits. Borgia, G. and Coleman, S. 2000. Co-option of male courtship signals from aggressive display in bowerbirds.