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courtship

those aspects of behaviour which involve displays and posturings in order to bring about copulation.
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The girl and Doctor Reefy began their courtship on a summer afternoon.
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Surely the only courtship unshaken by doubts and fears must be that in which the lovers can sing together.
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The observations were divided into two main types: courtship interactions and time budgets.
Factors affecting courtship success and behavior of a temperate reef fish, Brachyistius frenatus
of Missouri-Kansas City) describes the courtship and marriage traditions among the upper, middle, and working classes of England during the 1830s through the 1910s.
Courtship and marriage in Victorian England
We observed leg palpal tapping and body movements of female in response to male courtship. Leg and palpal tapping could indicate a female receptive condition and her attractiveness.
?Puedes encontrarme? Respuesta sexual en una tarantula de Argentina (Araneae, Therphosidae)
Because male and female woodcock look alike, it's hard to say for sure, but this looks like a male woodcock in courtship display.
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THE romance and courtship of Prince William and Kate Middleton is about to be turned into a television movie.
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Environmentally-induced variation in mating behaviors such as courtship and mate choice has important implications for models of sexual selection since those models generally assume a genetically variable male trait and a corresponding, genetically variable female preference (Andersson, 1994; Jennions and Petrie, 1997).
The effect of experience on male courtship and mating behaviors in a cellar spider
A courtship display, a physical demonstration of some kind, can often be what seals the link between a pair.
Birds' rituals of courtship are a joy to observe; NATUREWATCH
The Sedgwicks in Love: Courtship, Engagement, and Marriage in the Early Republic.
The Sedgwicks in Love: Courtship, Engagement, and Marriage in the Early Republic
In short-horned grasshoppers (Acridoidea), species belonging to the subfamily Gomphocerinae are particularly well known for the highly elaborate courtship songs of the males (Faber 1929, 1953; Jacobs 1953; Elsner 1974; Helversen 1986; Vedenina & Helversen 2009).
The elaborate courtship behavior of Stenobothrus clavatus Willemse, 1979 (Acrididae: gomphocerinae)

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