Mutual Mate Choice for Colorful Traits in King Penguins

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 635-644

  Nolan, Paul M ^a,b   Stephen Dobson, F ^b,c   Nicolaus, Marion ^c,d   Karels, Tim J ^e   McGraw, Kevin J ^f   Jouventin, Pierre ^c  

^a The Citadel ^*  (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; FEATHER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION; PAIR BOND; PATCH SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SEXUAL SELECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77954582634     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01775.x     Document Type: Article

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