Do bright colors at nests incur a cost due to predation?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-288

  Haskell, David G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial nest; Natural selection; Plumage coloration; Predation; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BIRD; NATURAL SELECTION; NESTING; PLUMAGE COLORATION; PREDATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0030482483     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01237685     Document Type: Article

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