Ultraviolet colour variation influences blue tit sex ratios

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6764, 1999, Pages 874-877

  Sheldon, Ben C ^a,b   Andersson, Staffan ^d   Griffith, Simon C ^a   Örnborg, Jonas ^d   Sendecka, Joanna ^a,b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; SEX RATIO;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEATHER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0033598953     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/47239     Document Type: Article

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