Sexual dichromatism in the European Magpie Pica pica. Not as black and white as expected

Ardea

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-310

  Santos, Susana I C O ^a   Lumeij, Johannes T ^b   Westers, Paul ^c   Van Wandelen, Bob B I ^b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bird; Colour; Dimorphism; Plumage; Sex differences; Spectrometry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COLOR MORPH; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REFLECTANCE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECTROMETRY;

AVES; PICA PICA;

EID: 36348990238     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.095.0212     Document Type: Article

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