Recapture rate and breeding frequencies of American goldfinches wearing different colored leg bands

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 236-243

  Watt, Doris J ^a  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035635252     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-72.2.236     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. BELETSKY, L. D., AND G. H. ORIANS. 1989. Red bands and Red-winged Blackbirds. Condor 91:993-995.
2. BURLEY, N. 1981. Sex-ratio manipulation and selection for attractiveness. Science 211:721-722.
3. _. 1985. Leg-band color and mortality patterns in captive breeding populations of Zebra Finches. Auk 102:647-651.
4. _. 1986a. Comparison of the band colour preferences of two estrildid finches. Anim. Behav. 34:1732-1741.
5. _. 1986b. Sexual selection for aesthetic traits in species with biparental care. Am. Nat. 127:415-445.
6. _. 1988a. The differential allocation hypothesis: an experimental test. Am. Nat. 132: 611-628.
7. _. 1988b. Wild Zebra Finches have band-colour preferences. Anim. Behav. 36:1235-1237.
8. _, G. KRANTZBERG, AND P. RADMAN. 1982. Influence of colour-banding on the conspecific preferences of Zebra Finches. Anim. Behav. 30:444-455.
9. _, AND C. COOPERSMITH. 1987. Bill colour preferences of Zebra Finches. Ethology 76: 133-151.
10. CRISTOL, D. A., C. S. CHIU, S. M. PECKHAM, AND J. F. STOLL. 1992. Color bands do not affect dominance status in captive flocks of wintering Dark-eyed Juncos. Condor 94:537-539.
11. FISKE, P., AND T. AMUNDSEN. 1997. Female Bluethroats prefer males with symmetric colour bands. Anim. Behav. 54:81-87.
12. HAGAN, J. M., AND J. M. REED. 1988. Red color bands reduce fledging success in Red-cockaded Woodpeckers. Auk 105:498-503.
13. JENNIONS, M. D. 1998. The effect of leg band symmetry on female-male association in Zebra Finches. Anim. Behav. 55:61-67.
14. JOHNSEN, A., J. T. LIFJELD, AND P. A. ROHDE. 1997. Coloured leg bands affect male mateguarding behaviour in the Bluethroat. Anim. Behav. 54:121-130.
15. JOHNSON, K., R. DALTON, AND N. BURLEY. 1993. Preferences of female American Goldfinches (Carduelis tristis) for natural and artificial male traits. Behav. Ecol. 4:138-143.
16. MARCHETTI, K. 1998. The evolution of multiple male traits in the Yellow-browed Leaf Warbler. Anim. Behav. 55:361-376.
17. METZ, K. J., AND P. J. WEATHERHEAD. 1991. Color bands function as secondary sexual traits in male Red-winged Blackbirds. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 28:23-27.
18. _, AND _. 1993. An experimental test of the contrasting-color hypothesis of red-band effects in Red-winged Blackbirds. Condor 95:395-400.
19. MIDDLETON, A. L. A. 1993. American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis). No. 80, in A. Poole and F. Gill, eds. The birds of North America. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
20. MUNDINGER, P. C. 1972. Annual testicular cycle and bill color change in the eastern American Goldfinch. Auk 89:403-419.
21. RICE, W. R. 1989. Analyzing tables of statistical tests. Evolution 43:223-225.
22. SWADDLE, J. P., AND I. C. CUTHILL. 1994. Preference for symmetric males by female Zebra Finches. Nature 367:165-166.
23. WATT, D. J. 1982. Do birds use color bands in recognition of individuals? J. Field Ornithol. 53:177-179.
24. WEATHERHEAD, P.J., D.J. HOYSAK, K.J. METZ, AND C. G. ECKERT. 1991. A retrospective analysis of red-band effects on Red-winged Blackbirds. Condor 93:1013-1016.
25. ZANN, R. 1994. Effects of band color on survivorship, body condition and reproductive effort of free-living Australian Zebra Finches. Auk 111:131-142.