The effects of life history and sexual selection on male and female plumage colouration

James Dale (), Cody J. Dey, Kaspar Delhey, Bart Kempenaers and Mihai Valcu
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James Dale: Institute of Natural & Mathematical Sciences, Massey University
Cody J. Dey: McMaster University
Kaspar Delhey: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.
Bart Kempenaers: Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Mihai Valcu: Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

Nature, 2015, vol. 527, issue 7578, 367-370

Abstract: By quantifying the colouration of all approximately 6,000 species of passerine birds, certain life-history traits such as large body size and tropical distribution are found to increase ornamentation in both male and female birds, whereas cooperative breeding increases it in females only, and sexual selection diminishes it in females more than it increases it in males.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/nature15509

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