Individual quality explains association between plumage colouration, arrival dates and mate acquisition in yellow warblers (Setophaga petechia)

BACKGROUND: In many bird species colour traits influence social dominance and breeding success. In our study we first evaluated whether the colour of the basic plumage (tail feathers grown at the end of the breeding season), that provides an index of individual quality, influenced winter habitat use...

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Autores principales: Jones, Teri B, Drake, Anna, Green, David J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4024118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-14-13

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4024118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-14-13

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