Condition dependence of iridescent wing flash-marks in two species of dabbling ducks

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-330

  Legagneux, Pierre ^a   Théry, Marc ^b   Guillemain, Matthieu ^c   Gomez, Doris ^b   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Anas sp.; Reflectance; Structural colors

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; COLOR MORPH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FEATHER; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; FEATHER; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; VISUAL SYSTEM; WILD SPECIES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEAK; BODY SIZE; COLOR; DUCKS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PIGMENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WING;

ANAS; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.;

EID: 77649339973     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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