Why birds eat colourful grit: colour preferences revealed by the colour of gizzard stones

Colour preferences from sexual or social contexts are assumed to have arisen owing to preferences for specific kinds of food, representing a sensory bias, but once colour preferences have evolved in a sexual context, they may also be expressed during foraging. We tested whether preferences for speci...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of evolutionary biology 2010-03, Vol.23 (3), p.509-517
Hauptverfasser: MOeLLER, AP, ERRITZOeE, J
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