Plumage reflectance signals dominance in Florida scrub-jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens, juveniles

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1517-1522

  Tringali, Angela ^a   Bowman, Reed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma coerulescens; Dominance; Juvenile plumage; Ornament; Scrub jay; Status signalling; Structural coloration

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REFLECTANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE USE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; AVES;

EID: 84870403053     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.09.025     Document Type: Article

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