Female ornamentation and territorial conflicts in collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 993-996

  Hegyi, Gergely ^a   Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^b   Eens, Marcel ^b   Török, János ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Female ornament; Polygyny; Sexual competition

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PATCH SIZE; POLYGYNY; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS; FORELIMB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORNAMENTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WING PATCH SIZE;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; TERRITORIALITY; WING;

FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 53849125760     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0408-6     Document Type: Article

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