Testosterone and melanin-based black plumage coloration: A comparative study

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1229-1238

  Bókony, Veronika ^a   Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^b   Hirschenhauser, Katharina ^c   Liker, András ^d  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Androgens; Hormonal control; Melanin ornaments; Sexual selection; Status signals

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MELANIN; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; CORVIDA; PALAEOGNATHAE; PASSEROIDEA;

EID: 43749109186     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0551-2     Document Type: Article

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