Female ornamentation and male mate choice in dark-eyed juncos

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-102

  Wolf, Wendy L ^a   Casto, Joseph M ^a,b   Nolan Jr , Val ^a   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BIRD; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR;

AVES; JUNCO; JUNCO HYEMALIS;

EID: 1142306114     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.02.009     Document Type: Article

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