Geographic variation in breeding system and environment predicts melanin-based plumage ornamentation of male and female Kentish plovers

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-60

  Argüelles Ticó, Araceli ^a   Küpper, Clemens ^b,e   Kelsh, Robert N ^a   Kosztolányi, András ^c,d   Székely, Tamás ^a   van Dijk, René E ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Kentish plover; Melanin; Ornamentation; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; WADER;

ANIMALIA; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 84953363617     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-2024-8     Document Type: Article

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