Relationship between tail color pattern and reproductive success, mate acquisition and nest predation in Rufous Bush Chats

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 708-712

  Alvarez, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cercotrichas galactotes; Distraction displays; Mate acquisition; Reproductive success; Rufous Bush Chats; Tail color pattern

Indexed keywords

AVES; CERCOTRICHAS GALACTOTES;

EID: 0033841943     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369808     Document Type: Article

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