Molt and the basic plumage of male Harlequin Ducks

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-90

  Cooke, Fred ^a   Robertson, Gregory J ^a   Goudie, R Ian ^b   Boyd, W Sean ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

alternate plumage; badges; basic plumage; Harlequin Ducks; Histrionicus histrionicus; molt; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; AVES; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 0030986160     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370226     Document Type: Article

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