Epaulet brightness and condition in female red-winged blackbirds

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 356-362

  Johnsen, Torgeir S ^a,b   Hengeveld, James D ^a   Blank, James L ^a,c   Yasukawa, Ken ^a,d   Nolan Jr , Val ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0001851315     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088902     Document Type: Article

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