Old males reduce melanin-pigmented traits and increase reproductive outcome under worse environmental conditions in common kestrels

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1224-1235

  Lopez Idiaquez, David ^a,b   Vergara, Pablo ^a   Fargallo, Juan Antonio ^a   Martinez Padilla, Jesús ^a,c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Long term monitoring; Longitudinal approach; Ornamentation; Plumage coloration; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958856234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1910     Document Type: Article

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