Relative effects of plumage coloration and vegetation density on nest success

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 255-261

  Miller, Mark W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardinalis cardinalis; Incubation; Nest success; Northern Cardinal; Plumage coloration; Predation; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; PASSERIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE; TURNIX; TURNIX SP.;

EID: 0032959106     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369988     Document Type: Article

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