Acquisition of breeding coloration depends on badge size in male house sparrows Passer domesticus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 271-277

  Moller A P ^a   Erritzoe J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Taps GI Præstegård ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BADGE SIZE; DOMINANCE; HOUSE SPARROW; PREENING; SEXUAL SELECTION;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0027091815     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00171682     Document Type: Article

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