Breeding rate is associated with pheomelanism in male and with eumelanism in female barn owls

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 563-570

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a   Altwegg, Res ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Color polymorphism; Female ornament; Melanin; Sexual maturity; Survival; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR MORPH; MELANIN; MELANISM; PLUMAGE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL;

STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 34548412529     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm015     Document Type: Article

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