Breeding plumage honestly signals likelihood of tapeworm infestation in females of a long-distance migrating shorebird, the bar-tailed godwit

Zoology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-48

  Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Mendes, Luisa ^c   Hennekens, Jasper ^a   Ratiarison, Sandra ^d,e   Groenewold, Stefan ^a   Jukema, Joop ^f  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Eaboratoire d'Ecologie Générale   (France)

^f Oosterbierum   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cestodes; Hamilton zuk hypothesis; Honest signalling; Migration; Parasite resistance; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044527559     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00003     Document Type: Article

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