Effects of breeding density and plumage coloration on mate guarding and cuckoldry in blue grosbeaks (Passerina caerulea)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1143-1148

  Estep, Laura K ^a,b   Mays Jr , Herman ^a   Keyser, Amber J ^a,c   Ballentine, Barbara ^a,d   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Prescott Bluebird Recovery Project   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CUCKOLDRY; MATE GUARDING; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE COLORATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

MATE CHOICE; MATE GUARDING; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE;

GUIRACA; GUIRACA CAERULEA; PASSERI; PASSERINA CAERULEA;

EID: 28244463894     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-110     Document Type: Article

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