Are white-crowned sparrow badges reliable signals?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 481-492

  Laubach, Zachary M ^a,b   Blumstein, Daniel T ^b,c   Romero, L Michael ^d   Sampson, Greg ^a   Foufopoulos, Johannes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Corticosterone; Mountain white crowned sparrow; Signal bluff; Signal reliability; Status badge

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; HORMONE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLUMAGE; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD; TERRITORY;

AVES; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS ORIANTHA;

EID: 84873998666     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1468-3     Document Type: Article

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