Male Red-winged Blackbirds with experimentally dulled epaulets experience no disadvantage in sexual selection

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-41

  Yasukawa, Ken ^a,d   Enstrom, David A ^b   Parker, Patricia G ^c,e   Jones, Thomas C ^c  

^a BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Extra pair paternity; Realized reproductive success; Sexual selection; Within pair paternity

Indexed keywords

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS;

EID: 77950274698     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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