Sexual selection, multiple male ornaments, and age- and condition-dependent signaling in the common yellowthroat

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1007-1017

  Freeman Gallant, Corey R ^a   Taff, Conor C ^a,b   Morin, Douglas F ^a,c   Dunn, Peter O ^d   Whittingham, Linda A ^d   Tsang, Susan M ^a,e  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; Epigamic signaling; Honesty; Ornament size

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; HONEST SIGNALING; MALE; MELANIN; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 77954986509     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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