Condition-dependent variation in the blue-ultraviolet coloration of a structurally based plumage ornament

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1421, 1999, Pages 771-777

  Keyser, Amber J ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Honest advertisement; Nutritional condition; Sexual selection; Structural colour; Ultraviolet reflectance

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; HONEST SIGNALING; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEATHER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; GUIRACA CAERULEA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0033594520     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0704     Document Type: Article

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