Ageing and environment affect female more than male color in a mutually ornamented bird
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arae100
Abstract: Color ornamentation is often sexually selected as a signal of condition, which may be affected by the environment and senescence, but long-term studies in mutually ornamented species are rare, limiting our understanding of sex-specific senescence.… read more here.
Keywords: senescence; ornamentation; mutually ornamented; environment ... See more keywords