Female plumage coloration in the bluethroat: No evidence for an indicator of maternal quality

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 96-104

  Rohde, Percy A ^a,b   Johnsen, Arild ^a   Lifjeld, Jan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bluethroat; Clutch size; Luscinia svecica; Mate choice; Parental care; Sexual dichromatism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AVES; LUSCINIA; LUSCINIA SVECICA; LUSCINIA SVECICA SVECICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032975632     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370450     Document Type: Article

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