Plumage colour acquisition and behaviour are associated with androgens in a phenotypically plastic tropical bird

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1525-1532

  Lindsay, Willow R ^a   Webster, Michael S ^a   Varian, Claire W ^a   Schwabl, Hubert ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen; condition dependence; honest signalling; Malurus melanocephalus; moult; plumage; red backed fairy wren; sexual signal; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HORMONE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MOLT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING;

AVES; MALURUS MELANOCEPHALUS; PASSERIFORMES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 67349260142     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.027     Document Type: Article

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