Seasonal changes in a ultraviolet structural colour signal in blue tits, Parus caeruleus
Recent studies of blue tits, Parus caeruleus, have found sexual selection and a viability-indicating function of the structural ultraviolet and blue crown plumage, but the reasons for this signal variation are not understood. Furthermore, studies in England and Sweden have yielded somewhat different...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2002
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