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Signalling with a cryptic trait: the regularity of barred plumage in common waxbills

Sexual signals often compromise camouflage because of their conspicuousness. Pigmentation patterns, on the contrary, aid in camouflage. It was hypothesized that a particular type of pattern—barred plumage in birds, whereby pigmented bars extend across feathers—could simultaneously signal individual...

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Autores principales: Marques, Cristiana I. J., Batalha, Helena R., Cardoso, Gonçalo C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160195