Secondary sexual traits, parasites, and polygyny in red-winged blackbirds, Agelaius phoeniceus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 125-130

  Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE; POLYGYNY; RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0025684064     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/1.2.125     Document Type: Article

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