Parental effort in relation to structural plumage coloration in the mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides)

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 838-846

  Balenger, Susan L ^a,b   Scott Johnson, L ^a   Brubaker, Jessica L ^a   Ostlind, Emilene ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; NESTLING; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

SIALIA CURRUCOIDES;

EID: 34547963913     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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