Sexual selection based on egg colour: Physiological models and egg discrimination experiments in a cavity-nesting bird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1721-1730

  Avilés, Jesús M ^a   Soler, Juan J ^a   Hart, Nathan S ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue eggs; Cavity nests; Light intensity; Sexual selection; Spotless starling; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLUTCH SIZE; COLOR; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MODEL VALIDATION; NEST; NESTING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHOTORECEPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD; TREEHOLE; VISUAL CUE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 80051748577     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1180-8     Document Type: Review

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