Sexual dichromatism, dimorphism, and condition-dependent coloration in Blue-tailed Bee-eaters

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 577-584

  Siefferman, Lynn ^a   Wang, Yuan Jyun ^b   Wang, Yi Ping ^b   Yuan, Hsiao Wei ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bee eaters; Condition dependent traits; Coraciiformes; Dichromatism; Dimorphism; Merops philippinus; Plumage coloration

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; CORACIIFORMES; MEROPS PHILIPPINUS;

EID: 34548460172     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/8201.1     Document Type: Article

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