Female-female aggressiveness is influenced by female coloration in blue tits

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-253

  Midamegbe, Afiwa ^a   Grégoire, Arnaud ^a   Perret, Philippe ^a   Doutrelant, Claire ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Badge of status; Blue tit; Carotenoid based coloration; Cyanistes caeruleus; Female female competition; Sexual selection; Simulated intrusion; Structural coloration

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CAROTENOID; COLOR MORPH; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FEMALE; FIGHTING; FITNESS; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; TERRITORY; TRADE-OFF; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 79960563795     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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