Haste Makes Waste: Accelerated Molt Adversely Affects the Expression of Melanin-Based and Depigmented Plumage Ornaments in House Sparrows

BACKGROUND: Many animals display colorful signals in their integument which convey information about the quality of their bearer. Theoretically, these ornaments incur differential production and/or maintenance costs that enforce their honesty. However, the proximate mechanisms of production costs ar...

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Autores principales: Vágási, Csongor I., Pap, Péter L., Barta, Zoltán
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21151981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014215

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21151981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014215

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