The value of immaculate mates: Relationships between plumage quality and breeding success in shelducks

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 521-532

  Ferns, Peter N ^a   Lang, Alison ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BREEDING; FEATHER; PARENTAL CARE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; TADORNA; TADORNA TADORNA;

EID: 0037559477     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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