Absence of status signalling by structurally based ultraviolet plumage in wintering blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1933-1943

  Korsten, Peter ^a   Vedder, Oscar ^a   Szentirmai, István ^b   Komdeur, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Blue tit Cyanistes (formerly Parus) caeruleus; Site dependent dominance; Status signalling; Ultraviolet plumage; Winter flocks

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SIGNALING; SPECIES FLOCK;

CYANISTES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS;

EID: 34548576859     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0433-z     Document Type: Article

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