The development of plumage polymorphism in male Madagascar paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone mutata

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-130

  Mizuta, Taku ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Paradise flycatcher; Plumage; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY SIZE; COLOR MORPH; PLUMAGE; POLYMORPHISM;

MADAGASCAR;

TERPSIPHONE; TERPSIPHONE MUTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037973639     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2003.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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