Intrasexual selection on multiple plumage ornaments in the lark bunting

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 657-667

  Chaine, Alexis S ^a,b   Lyon, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

badge of status; Calamospiza melanocorys; escalation; lark bunting; male male competition; multiple ornaments; plumage; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIZE EFFECT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

CALAMOSPIZA; CALAMOSPIZA MELANOCORYS;

EID: 49349083661     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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