Effects of brood size manipulations on sexual attractiveness of offspring in the zebra finch

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 699-708

  De Kogel, C H ^a   Prijs, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; ESTRILDIDAE;

BILL COLOUR; BROOD SIZE; FITNESS; SEXUAL ATTRACTIVENESS; ZEBRA FINCH;

EID: 0029666949     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0073     Document Type: Article

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