Plumage color as a status signal in male-male interaction in the red-flanked bushrobin, Tarsiger cyanurus

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-266

  Morimoto, Gen ^a   Yamaguchi, Noriyuki ^a   Ueda, Keisuke ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delayed plumage maturation; Intrasexual signaling; Male male interaction; Status signaling; Structural coloration

Indexed keywords

AVES; TARSIGER CYANURUS;

EID: 33745944255     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-005-0187-x     Document Type: Article

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