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Borgia, Patricelli, and Uy. 2003. Multiple Male Traits Interact: Attractive Bower Decorations Facilitate Attractive Behavioral Displays in Satin Bowerbirds. Proceedings: Biological Sciences, 270, 2389-2395

Borgia, Gerald and J. Albert C. Uy . 2000 Sexual Selection Drives Rapid Divergence in Bowerbird Display Traits. Evolution, 54, 273-278.

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Photo References

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[2] Madden, Joah. http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/bbe/Madden/Joah1.htm Accessed November 4, 2007.

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[5] WGBH/NOVA; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bowerbirds/trail2.html Accessed November 4, 2007.

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