Increased plumage darkness of female Shiny Cowbirds Molothrus bonariensis in the subtropics: An adaptation to bacterial degradation?
The Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis is a sexually dichromatic species, in which males have blackish-blue iridescence and females are dull brown. However, in some subtropical parts of its distribution, females show a plumage polymorphism that ranges from dull brown to dark brown and even black. P...
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Autores principales: | Mahler, Bettina, Reboreda, Juan Carlos |
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2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00191019_v152_n4_p775_Mahler http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00191019_v152_n4_p775_Mahler |
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