Sexual signals of the male American goldfinch

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1008-1019

  Rosen, Rafael F ^a   Tarvin, Keith A ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SEASON; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS TRISTIS;

EID: 33748787673     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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