Evolution of sexual dichromatism. 1. Convergent losses of elaborate female coloration in new world orioles (icterus SPP.)

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 778-789

  Hofmann, Christopher M ^a,b   Cronin, Thomas W ^a   Omland, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral state reconstruction; Color; Icterus; Orioles; Reflectance spectrometry; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

COLOR; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 66149188601     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.07112     Document Type: Article

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