Female ornaments revisited - are they correlated with offspring quality?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-38

  Nordeide, Jarle T ^a   Kekäläinen, Jukka ^b   Janhunen, Matti ^c   Kortet, Raine ^b  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Evolution ornament; Female ornament; Fitness; Nuptial colour; Offspring quality; Review; Trade off

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

BIRD; CAROTENOID; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITERATURE REVIEW; LIZARD; NUPTIAL GIFT; ORNAMENTATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEX ROLE; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PISCES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84872596484     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12021     Document Type: Review

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