Covariation between eumelanic pigmentation and body mass only under specific conditions

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-382

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body mass; Female ornament; Melanin based coloration; Polymorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREEDING POPULATION; COLOR; CONSPECIFIC; DIEL VARIATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MELANIN; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT; POLYMORPHISM; RAPTOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MELANINS; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRIGIFORMES; VIPERIDAE; WING;

TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 61449190635     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0489-2     Document Type: Article

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