Feathers at nests are potential female signals in the spotless starling

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 334-337

  Veiga, José P ^a   Polo, Vicente ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Female signalling; Nest feathers; Spectral reflectance; Spotless starling

Indexed keywords

FEATHER; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; NEST STRUCTURE; PASSERINE; REFLECTANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING;

ARTICLE; BIRD; FEATHER; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL FIELD;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; CYANOPICA CYANUS; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 25444509823     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0329     Document Type: Article

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