Social Environment Affects Acquisition and Color of Structural Nuptial Plumage in a Sexually Dimorphic Tropical Passerine

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Maia, Rafael ^a,b   Brasileiro, Luiza ^a   Lacava, Roberto V ^a   Macedo, Regina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEATHER; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MOLTING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUPTIAL PLUMAGE; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TROPICAL PASSERINE;

ANIMALS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SONGBIRDS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84867636707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047501     Document Type: Article

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