Nutritional correlates and mate acquisition role of multiple sexual traits in male collared flycatchers

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 567-576

  Hegyi, Gergely ^a   Szöllősi, Eszter ^a   Jenni Eiermann, Susanne ^b   Török, János ^a   Eens, Marcel ^c   Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^d  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SCHWEIZERISCHE VOGELWARTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body condition; Courtship; Lipid metabolites; Signalling costs; Song complexity

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; BIOASSAY; BODY CONDITION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; LIPID; MALE; MATE ATTRACTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SONG; VISUAL CUE;

EID: 77955550343     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0672-0     Document Type: Article

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