Coloured leg bands affect male mate-guarding behaviour in the bluethroat

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-130

  Johnsen, Arild ^a   Lifjeld, Jan T ^b   Rohde, Percy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTIVENESS; BLUETHROAT; LEG BAND; MATE GUARDING; ORNAMENT;

AVES; LUSCINIA; LUSCINIA SVECICA; LUSCINIA SVECICA SVECICA;

EID: 0031194123     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0437     Document Type: Article

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