Avian eggshell coloration: New perspectives on adaptive explanations

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 753-762

  Cherry, Michael I ^a,b   Gosler, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Calcium; Egg; Light environment; Maculation; Perception; Signalling; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BROOD PARASITISM; CALCIUM; COLOR MORPH; DDT; DIVERGENCE; EGGSHELL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT QUALITY; PERCEPTION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD; TAXONOMY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES;

EID: 77954712903     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01457.x     Document Type: Review

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