Egg colour covaries with female expression of a male ornament in the spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor)

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 926-933

  López Rull, Isabel ^a   Celis, Patricia ^b   Gil, Diego ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; EGG; FEATHER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PATERNAL CARE; TRADE-OFF;

STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 34548777538     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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