Do female Callipepla quail respond to male plumage ornaments?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2005, Pages e7-

  Parker, Timothy H ^a,b   Hagelin, Julie C ^c   Ligon, J David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GAMEBIRD; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE;

CALLIPEPLA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 28444488620     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.02.022     Document Type: Article

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