The effect of rearing environment on blue structural coloration of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1839-1846

  Siefferman, Lynn ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition dependent traits; Parental care; Parental effects; Sexual selection; Structural plumage coloration

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HATCHING; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REARING; SEXUAL SELECTION;

SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 34548574664     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0416-0     Document Type: Article

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