Dawn song of the eastern kingbird: an honest signal of male quality?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1075-1084

  Murphy, Michael T ^a   Sexton, Karen ^a   Dolan, Amy C ^a   Redmond, Luke J ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body size; dawn song; eastern kingbird; honest signalling; mate choice; plumage quality; repeatability; song rate; timing of song; Tyrannus tyrannus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; HONEST SIGNALING; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; PAIR BOND; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLUMAGE; SONGBIRD;

TYRANNUS TYRANNUS;

EID: 39549103672     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.08.020     Document Type: Article

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