Song is a reliable signal of bill morphology in Darwin's small tree finch Camarhynchus parvulus, and vocal performance predicts male pairing success

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 617-624

  Christensen, Rebekah ^a   Kleindorfer, Sonia ^a   Robertson, Jeremy ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIGNAL; SONG;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CAMARHYNCHUS PARVULUS; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 33750542737     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2006.03684.x     Document Type: Article

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