Plumage color and reproduction in the red-backed fairy-wren: Why be a dull breeder?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 517-524

  Webster, Michael S ^a   Varian, Claire W ^a   Karubian, Jordan ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative breeding strategies; Delayed plumage maturation; Extrapair paternity; Fairy wren; Malurus melanocephalus; Plumage coloration

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COLOR; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; MALURUS MELANOCEPHALUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 45349104180     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn015     Document Type: Article

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