Female Japanese quail that ‘eavesdrop’ on fighting males prefer losers to winners

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Sneaking from a female perspective (2007, background): “Consequently, female choice may not discriminate between dominant and subordinate males (Kangas & Lindstro ¨m 2001; Spence & Smith 2006), or females may consistently prefer mating with subordinates ( Ophir & Galef 2003 ).”
A functional approach to sexual selection (2007, background): “Further, one cannot assume that high levels of performance or even male dominance will translate into female preferences (Ophir & Galef 2003).”
Audience effect alters mating preferences in a livebearing fish, the Atlantic molly, Poecilia mexicana (2008, unknown): “great tits, Parus major: Otter et al. 1999; chickadees, Poecile atricapillus: Mennill et al. 2003; Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica: Ophir & Galef 2003 ).”