Dual utility of a melanin-based ornament in bearded tits

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1094-1100

  Hoi, Herbert ^a   Griggio, Matteo ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIGHTING; MATE CHOICE; MELANIN; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD;

PANURUS BIARMICUS;

EID: 53749092330     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01566.x     Document Type: Article

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