Economy of mate attraction in the Cassin's finch

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-37

  Sockman, Keith W ^a,c   Sewall, Kendra B ^b   Ball, Gregory F ^a   Hahn, Thomas P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird song; Courtship; Moult; Reproductive decisions; Reproductive schedule; Seasonal breeding

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; MATE ATTRACTION; MOLT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARPODACUS CASSINII; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERI;

EID: 27444440453     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0257     Document Type: Article

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