Juvenile coloration of Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) is sexually dichromatic and correlated with condition

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-363

  Siefferman, Lynn ^a   Shawkey, Matthew D ^b   Bowman, Reed ^c   Woolfenden, Glen E ^c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition dependent traits; Ptilochronology; Sexual dichromatism; Structural color; UV coloration

Indexed keywords

BIRD; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; NESTLING; PLUMAGE; REFLECTANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; AVES;

EID: 45449103853     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0289-7     Document Type: Article

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