Female canaries (Serinus canaria) associate more with males that contrast strongly against the background

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-271

  Heindl, Martin ^a,b   Winkler, Hans ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Kölzower Chaussee ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; PREDATION RISK; SIGNAL;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; SERINUS; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 0037350063     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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