Bacterial degradability of an intrafeather unmelanized ornament: A role for feather-degrading bacteria in sexual selection?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 409-419

  Ruiz De Castañeda, Rafael ^a   Burtt, Edward H ^b   González Braojos, Sonia ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ficedula hypoleuca; Melanin; Pied flycatchers; Plumage ornament; White wing patch

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; MELANIN; MICROSTRUCTURE; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; PREDICTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FICEDULA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84855758190     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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