UV plumage color is an honest signal of quality in male budgerigars

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-82

  Griggio, Matteo ^a   Zanollo, Valeria ^a   Hoi, Herbert ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Feather coloration; Ornaments; Phytohaemagglutinin; Sexual selection; Structurally based coloration

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAROTENOID; COLOR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MELANIN; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE; PROTEIN; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 77951094152     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0632-3     Document Type: Article

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