Female siskins choose mates by the size of the yellow wing stripe

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 465-469

  Senar, J C ^a   Domenech J ^a   Camerino, M ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenes; Mate choice; Plumage coloration; Siskin; Wing patch

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE;

AVES; CARDUELIS SPINUS;

EID: 15244343491     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0873-7     Document Type: Article

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