Condition-dependent resource value affects male-male competition in the blue-black grassquit

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 553-559

  Santos, Eduardo S A ^a   Maia, Rafael ^a   MacEdo, Regina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body condition; Intrasexual selection; Male male competition; Sexual selection; Structural plumage; UV coloration

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY CONDITION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DOMINANCE; ENCOUNTER RATE; FIGHTING; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SPERM COMPETITION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

TIARIS; VOLATINIA JACARINA;

EID: 66149149121     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp031     Document Type: Article

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