Male receiver bias for red agonistic signalling in a yellow-signalling widowbird: A field experiment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1790, 2014, Pages

  Ninnes, C E ^a   Andersson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carotenoid coloration; Euplectes; Pre existing receiver bias; Sexual selection; Signal evolution; Status signalling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CAROTENOID; COLOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; TERRITORY;

TANZANIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; TANZANIA; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COLOR; FEATHERS; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION; TANZANIA; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 85003053914     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0971     Document Type: Article

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