Plumage coloration predicts paternity and polygyny in the American redstart

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 495-501

  Reudink, Matthew W ^a,b   Marra, Peter P ^b   Boag, Peter T ^a   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

American redstart; carotenoid; extrapair paternity; plumage; polygyny; Setophaga ruticilla

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CAROTENOID; COLOR; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEATHER; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; PLUMAGE; POLYGYNY; PREDICTION; SIGNALING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA;

EID: 58349110542     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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