Ultraviolet plumage ornamentation affects social mate choice and sperm competition in bluethroats (Aves: Luscinia s. Svecica): A field experiment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 265, Issue 1403, 1998, Pages 1313-1318

  Johnsen, A ^a   Andersson, S ^a   Ornborg, J ^a   Lifjeld, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mate guarding; Microsatellite markers; Paternity; Sexual selection; UV coloration; UV vision

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MATE CHOICE; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COMPETITION; FEATHER; FERTILIZATION; MATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; LUSCINIA; LUSCINIA SVECICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032558094     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1998.0435     Document Type: Article

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