Racketed tail of the male and female turquoise-browed motmot: Male but not female tail length correlates with pairing success, performance, and reproductive success

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 911-918

  Murphy, Troy G ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elaborate monomorphism; Fledgling success; Pairing success; Reproductive performance; Reproductive success; Sexual selection; Social selection; Tail plumage

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FLEDGING; HONEST SIGNALING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; PAIR BOND; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAIL FEATHER;

AVES; EUMOMOTA SUPERCILIOSA;

EID: 33847397656     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0320-z     Document Type: Article

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