Extraterritorial forays are related to a male ornamental trait in the common yellowthroat

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 479-486

  Pedersen, Marc C ^a   Dunn, Peter O ^a   Whittingham, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PARENTAGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD;

AVES; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS;

EID: 33746646738     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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