Female house sparrows prefer big males with a large white wing bar and fewer feather holes caused by chewing lice
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Female house sparrows prefer big males with a large white wing bar and fewer feather holes caused by chewing lice
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Journal
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 271-277
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Online
2011-11-22
DOI
10.1093/beheco/arr182
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