Do melanin-based tail patterns predict individual quality and sex in Lesser Grey Shrikes Lanius minor?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Krištín, Anton ^a   Valera, Francisco ^b   Hoi, Christine ^c   Hoi, Herbert ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOREST ECOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Achromatism; Breeding success; Plumage colouration; Sex recognition; Shrikes

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MELANIN; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TAIL FEATHER;

AVES; LANIIDAE; LANIUS MINOR;

EID: 33846044801     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-006-0091-3     Document Type: Article

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