Testosterone increases UV reflectance of sexually selected crown plumage in male blue tits

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 535-541

  Roberts, Mark L ^a,b   Ras, Erica ^a   Peters, Anne ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue tit; Crown UV chroma; Molt; Preening; Sexual signaling; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROOMING; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; JUVENILE; MOLT; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REFLECTANCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; TESTOSTERONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 66149129643     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp028     Document Type: Article

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