Testosterone is involved in acquisition and maintenance of sexually selected male plumage in superb fairy-wrens, Malurus cyaneus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 438-445

  Peters, Anne ^a   Astheimer, Lee B ^b   Boland, Christopher R J ^a   Cockburn, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Honest signalling; Pre nuptial moult; Sexual dichromatism; Sexual selection; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BIRD; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; MALURUS CYANEUS; TROGLODYTINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034118596     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050688     Document Type: Article

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