Distinguishing between male and territory quality: females choose multiple traits in the pied flycatcher

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1051-1060

  Sirkiä, Päivi Maria ^a   Laaksonen, Toni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

coloration; Ficedula hypoleuca; mate choice; ornament; pied flycatcher; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; REFLECTANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 70350050803     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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