Interacting effects of signalling behaviour, ambient light and plumage colour in a temperate bird, the Blue Tit Parus caeruleus

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-382

  Moyen, Florence ^a   Gomez, Doris ^a,b   Doutrelant, Claire ^c   Pierson, Julie ^a   Théry, Marc ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIGHT; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; RAPTOR; REFLECTANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; PARUS CAERULEUS;

EID: 33846185905     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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