Simulating a colour mutation: Conspicuous red wings in the European Blackbird reduce the risk of attacks by Sparrowhawks

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 355-359

  Gotmark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accipiter nisus; colour evolution; mounted birds; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

BLACKBIRD; COLOUR MUTATION;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITER NISUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0030304590     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390283     Document Type: Article

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