Bill color, not badge size, indicates testosterone-related information in house sparrows

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1461-1471

  Laucht, Silke ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a   Dale, James ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Badge size; Bill color; Honest signaling; Melanin; Strategy signals; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; HONEST SIGNALING; MELANIN; MOLT; ORNAMENTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX HORMONE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SONGBIRD;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 77955665527     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0961-9     Document Type: Article

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