Coccidian oocyst parasitism in the blue-black grassquit: Influence on secondary sex ornaments and body condition

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1401-1409

  Costa, Fábio J V ^a,b   Macedo, Regina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional de Criminalistica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

COCCIDIA; VOLATINIA JACARINA;

EID: 28444475926     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.03.024     Document Type: Article

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