Multiple sexual ornaments in satin bowerbirds: ultraviolet plumage and bowers signal different aspects of male quality

Much attention has been devoted to understanding the evolution of elaborate male ornaments and how they may signal male quality. However, the evolution of multicomponent sexual signals remains poorly understood, and past research on this type of signaling has been largely theoretical. Satin bowerbir...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Behavioral ecology 2003-07, Vol.14 (4), p.503-509
Hauptverfasser:	Doucet, Stéphanie M., Montgomerie, Robert
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	bowerbirds bowers honest advertisement multiple ornaments parasites plumage color sexual selection structural colors
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