An alternative hypothesis for heavier parasite loads of brightly colored birds: Exposure at the nest

Auk

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-191

  Garvin, Mary C ^a,b   Remsen Jr , J V ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0030908402     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089159     Document Type: Article

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