Ophir Alexander G, Persaud Kamini N, Galef Bennett G
Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
J Comp Psychol. 2005 Feb;119(1):3-7. doi: 10.1037/0735-7036.119.1.3.
Sexually experienced female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) that are offered a choice between 2 conspecific males previously observed engaging in an aggressive encounter prefer to affiliate with the less aggressive male. The authors determined whether this apparent preference for less aggressive males results from females approaching less aggressive individuals or avoiding more aggressive individuals. The authors found that females that had seen 2 males fight before choosing, in counterbalanced order, between each of them and a neutral stimulus were indifferent to less aggressive males but avoided more aggressive males. The results are consistent with the view that in species in which male courtship and mating are potentially harmful to females, females keep away from relatively aggressive males in order to avoid the physical punishment that can result from contact with them.
有过性经历的雌性日本鹌鹑（Coturnix japonica）在面对两只之前观察到有过攻击性遭遇的同种雄性时，会选择与攻击性较弱的雄性建立联系。作者们确定这种对攻击性较弱雄性的明显偏好是雌性接近攻击性较弱的个体还是避开攻击性较强的个体导致的。作者们发现，在选择之前看到两只雄性打架的雌性，以平衡的顺序在它们各自与一个中性刺激物之间进行选择时，对攻击性较弱的雄性无动于衷，但会避开攻击性较强的雄性。这些结果与以下观点一致：在雄性求偶和交配可能对雌性有害的物种中，雌性会避开相对攻击性较强的雄性，以避免与它们接触可能带来的身体惩罚。
