Absence of protandry in a population of Gray Catbirds Dumetella carolinensis

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 771-774

  Hatch, Margret I ^a   Smith, Robert J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential arrival; Migration; Monochromatism; Size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIMORPHISM; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; PROTANDRY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 70349418030     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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