Signals of profitability? Food colour preferences in migrating juvenile blackcaps differ for fruits and insects

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-108

  Gamberale Stille, G ^a   Hall, K S S ^b   Tullberg, B S ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colour preference; Colour signals; Foraging; Frugivory; Fruit colour; Warning coloration

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; COLOR MORPH; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; INSECT; PASSERINE; PREY PREFERENCE; SIGNALING;

AVES; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 33846596720     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9126-8     Document Type: Article

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