Breeding biology of monogamous Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi (Aves: Monarchinae): A special reference to colour dimorphism and exaggerated long tails in male

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-112

  Mizuta, Taku ^a   Yamagishi, Satoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian Paradise Flycatcher; Colour dimorphism; Female choice; Monogamy; Sexual ornaments; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032243334     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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