A complex plumage pattern as an honest social signal

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 423-430

  Bortolotti, Gary R ^a   Blas, Julio ^a   Negro, Juan J ^b   Tella, José L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANATOMY; BIRD; COMPLEXITY; MELANIN; MORPHOLOGY; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIGNALING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALECTORIS RUFA; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 33746607235     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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