The importance of white on black: Unmelanized plumage proportion predicts display complexity in birds

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 303-311

  Galván, Ismael ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Melanin; Multiple signals; Pelecaniformes; Plumage color; Ritualization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MELANIN; PHYLOGENETICS; PLUMAGE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PELECANIFORMES;

EID: 56749096606     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0662-9     Document Type: Article

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