Seasonal male plumage as a multi-component sexual signal: Insights and opportunities

Emu

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 232-247

  Peters, Anne ^a   Kingma, Sjouke A ^b   Delhey, Kaspar ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

delayed plumage maturation; endurance display; extra pair paternity; moult; multiple signals; nuptial plumage; plumage colour; pre nuptial moult; sexual selection; testosterone.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MALE; MOLT; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84882411260     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU12083     Document Type: Article

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