Male bill colour and competition in zebra finches

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-124

  Etman, Eric J ^a   Lelieveld, Harm M ^a   Ten Cate, Carel ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bill colour; Competition; Male male interaction; Sexual selection; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

COLOR; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0035882326     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(01)00171-1     Document Type: Article

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