Experimental manipulation shows that the white wing patch in collared flycatchers is a male sexual ornament

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 546-555

  de Heij, Maaike E ^a   Gustafsson, Lars ^b   Brommer, Jon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird; Extra pair paternity; Mate choice; Polygeny; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 84857065333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.48     Document Type: Article

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