Iridescent structurally based coloration of eyespots correlates with mating success in the peacock

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1123-1131

  Loyau, Adeline ^a,f   Gomez, Doris ^b   Moureau, Benoît ^b   Théry, Marc ^c   Hart, Nathan S ^d   Jalme, Michel Saint ^a   Bennett, Andrew T D ^b   Sorci, Gabriele ^e  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MNHN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Avian vision; Intersexual selection; Multiple traits; Physiological model

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; GAMEBIRD; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLUMAGE; REFLECTANCE; SIGNALING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; PAVO; PAVO CRISTATUS;

EID: 35848954742     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm088     Document Type: Article

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