Why are some males dull?

Tore Slagsvold ()
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Tore Slagsvold: University of Oslo

Nature, 2000, vol. 407, issue 6807, 955-956

Abstract: Although brightly coloured male birds tend to attract the females, being a drab lazuli bunting male has its territorial benefits. It seems that it is the intermediate males that lose out.

Date: 2000
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