Plumage color degradation indicates reproductive effort: an experiment
Abstract Plumage color has traditionally been regarded as a static ornamental trait, but evidence is accumulating for significant color changes without molt that typically reduce the conspicuousness of ornamentation. In some species, the social partner seems to increase its reproductive investment i...
Main Authors: | Gergely Hegyi, Miklós Laczi, Gyula Szabó, Fanni Sarkadi, János Török |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-10-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45348-0 |
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