Elaborate ornaments are costly to maintain: Evidence for high maintenance handicaps

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-95

  Walther, Bruno A ^a,b   Clayton, Dale H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Grooming; Indicator mechanisms; Sexual selection; Time budgets

Indexed keywords

GROOMING; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 12244271733     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh135     Document Type: Article

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