A test of sensory bias for long tails in the house finch

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-78

  Tobias, Marjory C ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^b  

^a Auburn University ^*  (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE CHOICE; SENSORY BIAS; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAIL FEATHER;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLIFORMES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032125921     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0740     Document Type: Article

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