Melanin pigmentation negatively correlates with plumage preening effort in barn owls

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 264-271

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Handicap principle; Melanin; Preening; Tyto alba; Uropygial gland

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; FITNESS; GROOMING; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; MELANIN; NESTLING; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE; RAPTOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 33947254026     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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