Is red coloration of male Northern Cardinals beneficial during the nonbreeding season?: A test of status signaling

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 655-663

  Wolfenbarger, L LaReesa ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardinalis cardinalis; Coloration; Competition; Dominance; Northern Cardinal; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CARDINALIS CARDINALIS;

EID: 0345425634     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370195     Document Type: Article

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