Plumage maintenance affects ultraviolet colour and female preference in the budgerigar

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 739-744

  Griggio, Matteo ^a   Hoi, Herbert ^a   Pilastro, Andrea ^b  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Condition dependent trait; Melopsittacus undulatus; Ornaments; Plumage reflectance; Preening; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PLUMAGE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REFLECTANCE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEATHER; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PARAKEET; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WING;

AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS;

EID: 77953911602     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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