Do spotless starlings place feathers at their nests by ultraviolet color?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-186

  Avilés, Jesús M ^a   Parejo, Deseada ^b   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^b   Navarro, Carlos ^b   Soler, Juan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feather function; Nest decoration; Sexual selection; Ultraviolet coloration

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FEATHER; GAMEBIRD; INSULATION; NEST BOX; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 77949425537     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0625-7     Document Type: Article

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