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Honest advertisement in flight displays of bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

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Authors
  • Mather, Monica
  • Robertson, Raleigh J.
Universities
  • Queen‘s University
URL
https://doi.org/10.2307/4088161

Summary

We studied the flight display of the Bobolink to determine if it functions as a signal of male quality. We tested the hypothesis that flight display is an honest signal of male quality limited by its energetic costs.

Methodology

Clipped some bales wings and observed mating success, male condition and fledging success

Year
1992
Publication
The Auk
Volume
109
Pages
869-873
Times cited
32
Disciplines
  • Behavioural Ecology
Species
  • Dolichonyx oryzivorus
    Common name
    Bobolink
Habitats
  • Hayfield

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