Positive assortative pairing by plumage colour in Spanish imperial eagles

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-107

  Bortolotti, Gary R ^a   González, Luis Mariano ^b   Margalida, Antoni ^c   Sánchez, Roberto ^d   Oria, Javier ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Ministerio de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c Bearded Vulture Study and Protection Group   (Spain)

^d TRAGSA   (Spain)

^e Boscaje ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Coloration; Mate choice; Outbreeding; Plumage

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; BREEDING POPULATION; COLOR MORPH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEATHER; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; PLUMAGE; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BREEDING; COLOR; EAGLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FEMALE; FORELIMB; LEARNING; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; OUTBREEDING; PHENOTYPE; SPANISH IMPERIAL EAGLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AQUILA ADALBERTI; AQUILA HELIACA ADALBERTI; AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 40849083391     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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