Adult -like plumage coloration predicts winter territory quality and timing of arrival on the breeding grounds of yearling male American Redstarts

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 676-682

  Germain, Ryan R ^a   Marra, Peter P ^b   Kyser, T Kurt ^a   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Redstart; Arrival date; Delayed plumage maturation; Plumage color; Setophaga ruticilla; Winter habitat quality; Yearling plumage

Indexed keywords

PASSERI; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA;

EID: 78650670676     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090193     Document Type: Article

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