Beak colouration as a possible sexual ornament in gentoo penguins: Sexual dichromatism and relationship to body condition

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1305-1314

  Cuervo, José J ^a   Palacios, María J ^a   Barbosa, Andrés ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body mass relative to body size; Carotenoids; Pygoscelis papua; Spectroradiometry; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING POPULATION; PIGMENT; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SEABIRD; SEXUALITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 70350172935     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0627-0     Document Type: Article

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