Is Carrying Feathers a Sexually Selected Trait in House Sparrows?

Ethology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 199-211

  García López de Hierro, Lola ^a   Moleón, Marcos ^b   Ryan, Peter G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FEATHER; INCUBATION; MALE; MATE ATTRACTION; NEST; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD;

DASSEN ISLAND; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84873990409     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12053     Document Type: Article

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