Do grooming behaviours affect visual properties of feathers in male domestic canaries, Serinus canaria?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1253-1260

  Lenouvel, Philippe ^a   Gomez, Doris ^b   Théry, Marc ^b   Kreutzer, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

domestic canary; grooming behaviour; physiological model; plumage coloration; Serinus canaria; visual signal

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC SPECIES; FEATHER; GROOMING; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL; VISUAL CUE;

AVES; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 64549135039     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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