More ornamented females produce higher-quality offspring in a socially monogamous bird: an experimental study in the great tit (Parus major)

INTRODUCTION: Animals are often conspicuously colored and explanations range from aposematism and mimicry to sexual selection. Although sexual selection explains vivid coloration in males, functional significance of vivid coloration in females of socially monogamous species remains unclear. The hypo...

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Autores principales: Remeš, Vladimír, Matysioková, Beata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3617070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23521836
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-14

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3617070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23521836
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-14

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