Structurally based plumage coloration is an honest signal of quality in male blue grosbeaks

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 202-209

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

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Honest advertisement; Mate choice; Reliable signaling; Sexual selection; Structural color; Ultraviolet reflectance

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COLOR; PLUMAGE;

FRINGILLIDAE; GUIRACA; GUIRACA CAERULEA;

EID: 0034009873     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.2.202     Document Type: Article

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