Plumage melanism is linked to male quality, female parental investment and assortative mating in an alpine songbird
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.06.034
Abstract: Melanin is a common pigment that can indicate individual quality to potential mates and social dominance to competitors. For many avian species, plumage melanism varies within both males and females. If predictive of individual quality,… read more here.
Keywords: quality; melanism; investment; darker ... See more keywords