Plumage brightness as an indicator of parental care in northern cardinals

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-127

  Linville, Susan U ^a   Breitwisch, Randall ^a   Schilling, Amy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTHERN CARDINAL; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL CARE; PLUMAGE COLOUR;

AVES; CARDINALIS; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0031959807     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0595     Document Type: Article

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