Parasite levels in blue-black grassquits correlate with male displays but not female mate preference

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-301

  Aguilar, Thais M ^a   Maia, Rafael ^a   Santos, Eduardo S A ^a   Macedo, Regina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blue black grassquit; Mate choice; Parasitism; Sexual selection; Volatinia jacarina

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; PARASITISM; PASSERINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; COCCIDIA; TIARIS; VOLATINIA JACARINA;

EID: 52449127423     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm130     Document Type: Article

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