Sex-specific relationships between urbanization, parasitism, and plumage coloration in house finches
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DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoaa060
Abstract: Historically, studies of condition-dependent signals in animals have been male-centric, but recent work suggests that female ornaments can also communicate individual quality (e.g., disease state, fecundity). There also has been a surge of interest in… read more here.
Keywords: house finches; plumage coloration; coloration; sex ... See more keywords
Ecogeographical gradients in plumage coloration among Australasian songbird clades
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DOI: 10.1111/geb.12522
Abstract: Aim Animal coloration often shows high degrees of evolutionary lability, producing variation among species that is easily apparent. This variation may produce consistent geographical patterns as species converge on adaptive phenotypes in similar environments. Some… read more here.
Keywords: variation; ecogeographical gradients; plumage coloration; coloration ... See more keywords
Plumage coloration follows Gloger's rule in a ring species
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DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13497
Abstract: Author(s): Ribot, Raoul FH; Berg, Mathew L; Schubert, Emanuel; Endler, John A; Bennett, Andrew TD read more here.
Keywords: coloration follows; ring species; follows gloger; rule ring ... See more keywords