Immaculate tits: head plumage pattern as an indicator of quality in birds

Great tits, Parus major, display their white cheek patches to one another during intraspecific encounters. We measured the size of these patches and the regularity of their borders (immaculateness) as part of an investigation into their function as signals. Patch size was not significantly related t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Animal behaviour 2004-02, Vol.67 (2), p.261-272
Hauptverfasser:	Ferns, Peter N., Hinsley, Shelley A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal communication Animal ethology Aves Biological and medical sciences Birds Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Parus major Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Vertebrata
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