Female mate choice in relation to structural plumage coloration in Blue Grosbeaks

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 593-598

  Ballentine, Barbara ^a,b   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue Grosbeak; Female choice; Passerina caerulea; Structural color

Indexed keywords

FRINGILLIDAE; GUIRACA; GUIRACA CAERULEA; PASSERINA CAERULEA;

EID: 0043131857     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7234     Document Type: Article

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