Song repertoire size varies with HVC volume and is indicative of male quality in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1621, 2007, Pages 2035-2040

  Pfaff, Jeremy A ^a   Zanette, Liana ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body condition; Genetic diversity; HVC; Immunity; Song repertoire size; Song sparrow

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SPARROW;

MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 34547236672     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0170     Document Type: Article

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