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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |