Parasites and plumage in Steller's jays: An experimental field test of the parasite-mediated handicap hypothesis

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-116

  Zirpoli, J A ^a   Black, J M ^a   Gabriel, P O ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

condition dependent; Cyanocitta stelleri; handicap; parasites; ptilochronolgy; Steller's jay; structural color; ultraviolet reflectance

Indexed keywords

COLOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; MOLT; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PLUMAGE; REFLECTANCE; SONGBIRD; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; CORVIDAE; CYANOCITTA STELLERI;

EID: 84876478463     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2012.742462     Document Type: Article

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