Male plumage, paternal care and reproductive success in yellow warblers, Dendroica petechia

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-272

  Lozano, G A ^a   Lemon, R E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; PATERNAL CARE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; YELLOW WARBLER;

DENDROICA PETECHIA; EMBERIZIDAE;

EID: 0029667643     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0027     Document Type: Article

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