Song versus plumage in some North American Oscines: Testing Darwin's hypothesis

Ecoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-148

  De Repentigny, Yves ^a   Quellet, Henri ^a   McNeil, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation; North America; Oscines; Plumage conspicousness; Sexual selection; Song complexity

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; TRADE-OFF;

NORTH AMERICA;

PASSERI;

EID: 0033919804     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2000.11682582     Document Type: Article

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