Eggshell pigment composition covaries with phylogeny but not with life history or with nesting ecology traits of British passerines

No single hypothesis is likely to explain the diversity in eggshell coloration and patterning across birds, suggesting that eggshell appearance is most likely to have evolved to fulfill many nonexclusive functions. By controlling for nonindependent phylogenetic associations between related species,...

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Autores principales: Brulez, Kaat, Mikšík, Ivan, Cooney, Christopher R., Hauber, Mark E., Lovell, Paul George, Maurer, Golo, Portugal, Steven J., Russell, Douglas, Reynolds, Silas James, Cassey, Phillip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4752363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26904185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1960

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4752363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26904185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1960

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