Wattle size is correlated with male territorial rank in juvenile Ring-necked Pheasants

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 362-366

  Papeschi, Anna ^a   Carroll, John P ^b,d   Dessì Fulgheri, Francesco ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrasexual selection; Male ornaments; Male rank; Phasianus colchicus; Ring necked Pheasant; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 0038709580     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2003)105[0362:WSICWM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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