AuthorHill, Geoffrey E. (Geoffrey Edward)
TitleA red bird in a brown bag [electronic resource] : the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch / Geoffrey E. Hill
Imprint Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195148480.001.0001
Descript 1 online resource (xiv, 318 p.) : ill., maps, ports

SUMMARY

Presents a study on the evolution of sexual selection in birds as addressed through a research program by an ornithologist. This book also gives a portrait of the challenges and constraints of experimental design facing any field investigator working with animal behaviour


SUBJECT

  1. House finch -- Color
  2. Sexual selection in animals