Is the white wing-stripe of male House Sparrows Passer domesticus an indicator of the load of Mallophaga?

Ardea

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-114

  Moreno Rueda, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Badge size; Ectoparasites; Honest signal; Passer domesticus; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; HONEST SIGNALING; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; MALLOPHAGA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 28644445747     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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