Feather ornaments are dynamic traits in the Great Tit Parus major

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 357-362

  Adamík, Peter ^a,b   Vaňáková, Markéta ^a  

^a Museum of Natural History   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Immaculateness; Plumage wear; Seasonal changes; Sexual selection; Signalling

Indexed keywords

FEATHER; JUVENILE; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 79952728996     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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