Nest ornamentation in blue tits: Is feather carrying ability a male status signal?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-247

  Sanz, Juan José ^a,b   García Navas, Vicente ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyanistes caeruleus; extended phenotype; feather carrying; Mediterranean; nest building; ornament; parental investment; Paridae; sexual selection; signaling

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CLUTCH SIZE; FEATHER; FITNESS; HONEST SIGNALING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARIDAE;

EID: 79953836139     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq199     Document Type: Article

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