Plumage coloration can be perceived as a multiple condition-dependent signal by Great Tits Parus major

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-367

  Galván, Ismael ^a,b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communication; Multiple signals; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTURE METHOD; CAROTENOID; COMMUNICATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MELANIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; PERCEPTION; PLUMAGE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIGNALING; WAVELENGTH; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 77952496669     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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