Melanin-based plumage coloration and flight displays in plovers and allies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1532, 2003, Pages 2491-2497

  Bókony, Veronika ^a   Liker, András ^a   Székely, Tamás ^b   Kis, János ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Display behaviour; Melanin; Plumage colour; Sexual selection; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

COURTSHIP; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; MELANISM; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION; WADER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEATHER; FLIGHT; MALE; MATING; NATURAL SELECTION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TERRITORIALITY; VEGETATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 10744226162     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2506     Document Type: Article

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