Ultraviolet reflectance influences female preference for colourful males in the European serin

Avian plumage colouration is one of the most impressive displays in nature and is frequently used as sexual signal. There is now considerable evidence that females consistently prefer males with the most elaborated colour displays. Bird colour vision expands into the ultraviolet (UV) range, which pr...

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Autor principal: Leitão, Ana V. (author)
Outros Autores: Monteiro, Anabela H. (author), Mota, Paulo G. (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2014
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/24941
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/24941