Sexual dimorphism and parental roles in the Thorn-tailed Rayadito (Furnariidae)

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 312-320

  Moreno, Juan ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Lobato, Elisa ^a   Rodríguez Gironés, Miguel A ^b   Vásquez, Rodrigo A ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Monogamy; Parental care; Parental roles; Plumage coloration; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection; Tail length

Indexed keywords

APHRASTURA SPINICAUDA; FURNARIIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; SEIURUS;

EID: 34248672570     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[312:SDAPRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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