Male preference for female foot colour in the socially monogamous blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-65

  Torres, Roxana ^a   Velando, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COURTSHIP; MALE BEHAVIOR; ORNAMENTATION; SEABIRD; SEXUAL SELECTION;

SULA; SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

EID: 11144306536     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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