Male house finches with elaborate songs have higher reproductive performance

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-180

  Mennill, Daniel J ^a   Badyaev, Alexander V ^b   Jonart, Leslie M ^c   Hill, Geoffrey E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE ATTRACTION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONG; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; PASSERI;

EID: 33645028820     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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