Multiple coloured ornaments in male common kestrels: Different mechanisms to convey quality

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-298

  Vergara, Pablo ^a,b   Fargallo, Juan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Eumelanin; Multiple messages hypothesis; Pheomelanin; Redundancy hypothesis; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MELANIN;

BODY CONDITION; CAROTENOID; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; LAYING DATE; MELANIN; ORNAMENTATION; RAPTOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAIL FEATHER; TIMESCALE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; CAROTENOIDS; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; MELANINS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 79954420882     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0767-2     Document Type: Article

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