The effects of life history and sexual selection on male and female plumage colouration

Nature

Volumn 527, Issue 7578, 2015, Pages 367-370

  Dale, James ^a   Dey, Cody J ^b   Delhey, Kaspar ^c,d   Kempenaers, Bart ^d   Valcu, Mihai ^d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEMALE; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; MATING BEHAVIOR; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; COLOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLUMAGE COLOR; PREDATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DICHROMATISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; MATE CHOICE; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; COLOR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84947731164     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature15509     Document Type: Article

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