(1) Scientists think the courtship behavior is designed to synchronize the movements of the two animals so that the male can receive the eggs when the female is ready to deposit them.

(2) During courtship , males sing to defend their territories and attract mates.

(3) Nuptial gifts provided by males during courtship or mating can influence female mating preference.

(4) During courtship , the male displays for the female by scraping a nest and bowing next to the female while flashing the white on his tail.

(5) Adult fru mutant males were tested for a variety of courtship and noncourtship behaviors.

(6) In this study early courtship behavior, as measured by telephone calling patterns, emerged as a significant variable.

(7) Male courtship display includes extending the dorsal fin, pursuing, and eventually biting the female.

(8) The country's courtship of foreign investors

(9) In some species, males have courtship displays which may involve feather fluffing, holding the wings out, shaking them, and raising the tail feathers.

(10) His courtship of Emma was idyllically happy

(11) So, too, men and women seem to be different, at least when it comes to courtship behavior.

(12) In arena trials, females that were exercised to exhaustion before courtship mated with smaller males than did control females.

(13) A number of mutants showing abnormalities in courtship behavior have been identified, many of which show reduced levels of courtship behavior.

(14) He was one of the first to film courtship behavior of Sandhill Cranes, Spruce Grouse, and Greater-Prairie Chickens.

(15) Men's courtship attempts were described by comparison to just about every other public bid for power men engaged in.

(16) Participants who called more different boys or made more total calls to boys during adolescence were considered to have engaged in more early courtship behavior.

(17) Among many good scenes in the book, Russel's courtship of his college sweetheart, a portrait of a nerd falling in love, is particularly well done.

(18) Within the Zulu Kingdom in the late 1800s, an elaborate system of bead language was used, mainly to communicate messages about courtship in love tokens.

(19) He was eventually successful in his patient courtship of Dorothy

(20) Male courtship displays and bright coloration are usually assumed to provide information to females about some aspect of the male's value as a mate.