Sexual dichromatism in birds: Importance of nest predation and nest location for females versus males

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2454-2460

  Martin, Thomas E ^a   Badyaev, Alexander V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carduelinae; nest predation; Parulinae; sexual dichromatism; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

DICHROMATISM; FEMALE PLUMAGE; NEST LOCATION; NEST PREDATION; PLUMAGE BRIGHTNESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CARDUELINAE; PARULINAE;

EID: 0030301380     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03631.x     Document Type: Article

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