Search Results - subject:"mutual sexual selection"

Mutual ornamentation, age, and reproductive performance in the European starling

Komdeur, Jan; Oorebeek, Margot; Overveld, Thijs van; … - In: Behavioral Ecology 16 (2005) 4, pp. 805-817

Ornamental traits expressed in both sexes are widespread among birds. Many studies have indicated that male ornaments develop through sexual selection. Female ornaments may be correlated effects of selection on males or have signaling functions in their own right. In the facultatively polygynous...

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Reply to: European barn swallows use melanin pigments to color their feathers brown

Stradi, Riccardo - In: Behavioral Ecology 16 (2005) 4, pp. 823-823

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Mutual ornamentation, sexual selection, and social dominance in the black swan

Kraaijeveld, Ken; Gregurke, John; Hall, Carol; Komdeur, Jan - In: Behavioral Ecology 15 (2004) 3, pp. 380-389

assortatively with respect to curled feather number, suggesting the feathers may be involved in mutual sexual selection. More …

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