Responses to increased costs of activity during incubation in a songbird with female-only incubation: Does feather colour signal coping ability?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 337-346

  Matysioková, Beata ^a   Remeš, Vladimír ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Feather colouration; Female ornaments; Great Tit; Handicapping; Incubation behaviour; Nest attentiveness

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FEATHER; FEMALE; INCUBATION; ORNAMENTATION; SONGBIRD;

PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI;

EID: 79952699813     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0594-9     Document Type: Article

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