On the intersexual election for spurs in the ring-necked pheasant

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 362-369

  Mateos, Concha ^a   Carranza, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Phasianus colchicus; sexual selection; spur

Indexed keywords

RING-NECKED PHEASANT; SECONDARY CHARACTER;

PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 0029662715     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.3.362     Document Type: Article

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