Female coloration indicates female reproductive capacity in blue tits

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 226-233

  Doutrelant, C ^a   Gregoire A ^a   Grnac, N ^a   Gomez, D ^b   Lambrechts, M M ^a   Perret, P ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blue tit; Cost of reproduction; Cyanistes caeruleus; Female coloration; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLUTCH SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAYING DATE; MORPHOLOGY; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 37149026194     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01451.x     Document Type: Article

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