Experiments on colour ornaments and mate choice in king penguins

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1247-1253

  Pincemy, Gwénaëlle ^a   Dobson, F Stephen ^a,b   Jouventin, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptenodytes patagonicus; king penguin; mate choice; ornament; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEATHER; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; PAIR BOND; PATCH SIZE; SEABIRD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 70350044457     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.07.041     Document Type: Article

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