Multiple ornamentation, female breeding synchrony, and extra-pair mating success of golden whistlers (Pachycephala pectoralis)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 607-620

  Dongen, Wouter F D ^a,b   Mulder, Raoul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bird song; Breeding synchrony; Extra pair matings; Multiple ornamentation; Plumage

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PACHYCEPHALA PECTORALIS;

EID: 67649983255     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0371-9     Document Type: Article

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