Female choice for age-specific plumage in the orchard oriole: Implications for delayed plumage maturation

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 435-442

  Enstrom, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIGAMIC SELECTION; MATE CHOICE; ORCHARD ORIOLE; ORIOLE; PLUMAGE MATURATION;

ICTERUS SPURIUS;

EID: 0027437064     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1993.1055     Document Type: Article

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