The relationship between carotenoid-based coloration and pairing, within-and extra-pair mating success in the American Redstart

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 684-693

  Kappes, Peter J ^a,b   Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^a   Woolfenden, Bonnie E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

American Redstart; Breeding success; Carotenoid; Coloration; Extra pair paternity; Pairing success; Pigmentation; Setophaga ruticilla

Indexed keywords

PASSERI; SETOPHAGA; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA;

EID: 77249140595     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.090095     Document Type: Article

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