Preferences for ultraviolet partners in the blue tit

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 809-815

  Hunt, Sarah ^a   Cuthill, Innes C ^a   Bennett, Andrew T D ^a   Griffiths, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE;

PARUS CAERULEUS; PASSERIFORMES; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0032830670     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1214     Document Type: Article

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