Informative content of multiple plumage-coloured traits in female and male European Rollers

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1969-1979

  Silva, Nadia ^b   Avilés, Jesús M ^c   Danchin, Etiénne ^b   Parejo, Deseada ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Coracias garrulus; Multiple mutual ornaments; Plumage coloration

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; BIRD; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PLUMAGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATURATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; CORACIAS GARRULUS;

EID: 51849101915     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0628-y     Document Type: Article

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