Male traits and female choice in Java Sparrows: Preference for large body size

Ornithological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-80

  Hasegawa, Ai ^a   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^a   Soma, Masayo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bill size; Courtship song; Female choice; Java Sparrows; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014700346     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.10.73     Document Type: Article

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