Parental care does not vary with age-dependent plumage in male Saffron Finches Sicalis flaveola

The status signalling hypothesis states that conspicuous male plumage varies among males and serves as an honest signal of male quality and competitive ability. We expected immature-plumaged males of the Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola to feed their incubating mates and nestlings and remove faecal sa...

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Autores principales: Palmerio, A.G., Massoni, V.
Formato: JOUR
Materias:
Fitness
Incubation
Nestling condition
Plumage maturation
Status signalling hypothesis
color
fitness
incubation
male
nestling
parental care
plumage
songbird
Sicalis
Sicalis flaveola
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00191019_v153_n2_p421_Palmerio
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Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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