Structural and melanin coloration indicate parental effort and reproductive success in male eastern bluebirds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 855-861

  Siefferman, Lynn ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern bluebirds; Melanin color; Parental investment; Plumage coloration; Sexual selection; Sialia sialis; Structural color

Indexed keywords

COLOR; HONEST SIGNALING; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; SIALIA SIALIS; SIALIS;

EID: 0038685830     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg063     Document Type: Article

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