Is mate provisioning predicted by ornamentation? A test with northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 888-895

  Jawor, Jodie M ^a,b   Breitwisch, Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; INCUBATION; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE;

AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS;

EID: 33747369286     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01237.x     Document Type: Article

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