A role for female ornamentation in the facultatively polygynous mating system of collared flycatchers

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1116-1122

  Hegyi, Gergely ^a   Rosivall, Balázs ^a   Szöllosi, Eszter ^a   Hargitai, Rita ^a   Eens, Marcel ^b   Török, János ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Female sexual ornament; Individual quality; Polygyny; Settlement date; Territorial distance

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PATCH SIZE; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 35848962511     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm085     Document Type: Article

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