Importance of facial pattern to sexual selection in Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 962-966

  Leichty, Ellen R ^a,b   Grier, James W ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Face pattern; Golden winged Warbler; Hybridization; Melanin ornament; Sexual selection; Vermivora chrysoptera

Indexed keywords

HYBRIDIZATION; MATE ATTRACTION; MELANIN; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD;

VERMIVORA CHRYSOPTERA; VERMIVORA PINUS;

EID: 33750435930     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[962:IOFPTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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