Visual communication and sexual selection in a nocturnal bird species, Caprimulgus ruficollis, a balance between crypsis and conspicuousness

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 340-345

  Aragonés, Juan ^a,b   Arias De Reyna, Luis ^a   Recuerda, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CRYPSIS; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; VISUAL CUE;

CAPRIMULGUS RUFICOLLIS;

EID: 0344117598     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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