Sexual selection and the function of a melanin-based plumage ornament in polygamous penduline tits Remiz pendulinus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1277-1288

  Kingma, Sjouke A ^a,b   Szentirmai, István ^c   Székely, Tamás ^d   Bókony, Veronika ^e   Bleeker, Maarten ^a   Liker, András ^f   Komdeur, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Brood desertion; Feather coloration; Female choice; Ornamentation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING SEASON; BROOD DESERTION; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SIGNALING; SURVIVAL;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; REMIZ PENDULINUS;

EID: 43749111572     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0556-x     Document Type: Article

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