Achromatic color variation in black-capped chickadees, Poecile atricapilla: Black and white signals of sex and rank

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 350-357

  Mennill, Daniel J ^a   Doucet, Stéphanie M ^a,b   Montgomerie, Robert ^a   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achromatic colors; Black capped chickadee; Sexual dichromatism; Sexual selection; Social rank

Indexed keywords

COLOR; PLUMAGE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SOCIAL STATUS;

AVES; PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; POECILE; POECILE ATRICAPILLA; POECILE ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 0037670011     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0581-8     Document Type: Article

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