Bimodal signaling of a sexually selected trait: Gular pouch drumming in the magnificent frigatebird

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 156-160

  Madsen, Vinni ^a   Balsby, Thorsten J S ^b   Dabelsteen, Torben ^b   Osorno, José Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Courtship display; Fregata magnificens; Magnificent Frigatebird; Secondary sexual trait; Visual and acoustic signaling

Indexed keywords

FREGATA; FREGATA MAGNIFICENS; FREGATIDAE;

EID: 1142269566     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7315     Document Type: Article

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