Chic chicks: The evolution of chick ornamentation in rails

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 946-951

  Krebs, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Putland, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chick coloration; Precocial chicks; Rallidae; Sibling competition; Signaling

Indexed keywords

COLOR; EVOLUTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ORNAMENTATION; SIBLING;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; RALLIDAE;

EID: 8144226242     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh078     Document Type: Article

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