The dual function of barred plumage in birds: Camouflage and communication

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2501-2506

  Gluckman, T L ^a   Cardoso, G C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Barred plumage; Camouflage; Ornamentation; Sexual selection; Signalling; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRD; JUVENILE; ORNAMENTATION; PIGMENT; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; VISUAL CUE;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; FEATHER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

AVES;

EID: 77958567366     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02109.x     Document Type: Article

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