Do male plumage and song characteristics influence female off-territory forays and paternity in the hooded warbler?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1981-1990

  Chiver, Ioana ^a   Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^a   Morton, Eugene S ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hemlock Hill Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra pair fertilisation; Extra territorial forays; Mate choice; Ornaments; Plumage; Sexual selection; Song

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MELANIN; MONOGAMY; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; VOCALIZATION;

PASSERIFORMES; WILSONIA (AVES); WILSONIA CITRINA;

EID: 51849135340     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0629-x     Document Type: Article

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