Female ornaments in the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca: Associations with age, health and reproductive success

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Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-254

  Morales, Judith ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Sanz, Juan J ^a   Tomás, Gustavo ^a   Arriero, Elena ^a,b   Lobato, Elisa ^a   Martínez De La Puente, Josué ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY CONDITION; HONEST SIGNALING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE ATTRACTION; NEST SITE; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 34047185370     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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