Seasonal colour change by moult or by the abrasion of feather tips: A comparative study

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 711-721

  Tökölyi, Jácint ^a   Bókony, Veronika ^b   Barta, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Moult constraints; Plumage coloration; Predation risk; Sexual selection; Social signalling

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEATHER; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; MOLT; OPTIMIZATION; PLUMAGE; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 48249085714     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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