Mechanosensory function for facial ornamentation in the whiskered auklet, a crevice-dwelling seabird

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 784-790

  Seneviratne, Sampath S ^a   Jones, Ian L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aethia; Feather ornaments; Mechanosensory function; Sexual selection; Whiskered auklet

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEATHER; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE; SEABIRD; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AETHIA; AETHIA PYGMAEA; AVES;

EID: 47649086421     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn029     Document Type: Article

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