Female song occurs in songbirds with more elaborate female coloration and reduced sexual dichromatism

Female song occurs in songbirds with more elaborate female coloration and reduced sexual dichromatism

Elaborate plumages and songs in male birds provide classic evidence for Darwinian sexual selection. However, trait elaboration in birds is not gender-restricted: female song has recently been revealed as a taxonomically-widespread trait within the songbirds (oscine Passerines), prompting increased...

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Main Authors: Wesley Howard Webb, Dianne Heather Brunton, David eAguirre, Daniel eThomas, Mihai eValcu, James eDale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Passeriformes
multimodal signaling
trade-off
Plumage Coloration
female song
Trait correlation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2016.00022/full

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