Female pied flycatchers prefer brightly coloured males

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1407-1416

  Sætre, Glenn Peter ^a   Dale, Svein ^a   Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; PIED FLYCATCHER; PLUMAGE COLOUR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 0028165304     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1994.1376     Document Type: Article

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