Plumage brightness predicts male mating success in the lekking golden-collared manakin, Manacus vitellinus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-47

  Stein, Adam C ^b   Uy, J Albert C ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Leks; Manacus; Manakins; Plumage; Sexual selection; Visual signals

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MATING SUCCESS; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; MANACUS; MANACUS VITELLINUS;

EID: 28544447637     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari095     Document Type: Article

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