Repertoire size, sexual selection, and offspring viability in the great reed warbler: Changing patterns in space and time

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 555-563

  Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^a,b   Leisler, Bernd ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female choice; Good genes; Male male competition; Song; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; PASSERIFORMES; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 3042698824     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh051     Document Type: Article

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