Do adult eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis, males recognize juvenile-specific traits?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1267-1272

  Ligon, Russell A ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; eastern bluebird; honest signal; juvenile; juvenile plumage; Sialia sialis; territoriality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CONSPECIFIC; HONEST SIGNALING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; TERRITORIALITY; VISUAL CUE;

AVES; SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 64549089618     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.031     Document Type: Article

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