Song repertoire size predicts initial mating success in male song sparrows, Melospiza melodia

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1055-1063

  Reid, Jane M ^a,b,f   Arcese, Peter ^b   Cassidy, Alice L E V ^b   Hiebert, Sara M ^c   Smith, James N M ^b   Stoddard, Philip K ^d   Marr, Amy B ^b   Keller, Lukas F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MANDARTE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA;

MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 6044250340     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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