Plumage coloration and conspicuousness in birds: Experiments with the Pied Flycatcher

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 849-857

  Dale, Svein ^a,b   Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 0030443245     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088863     Document Type: Article

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