Female plumage spottiness signals parasite resistance in the barn owl (Tyto alba)

Autor: Cor Dijkstra, Alexandre Roulin, Christian Riols, Anne-Lyse Ducrest

Publikováno v: Roulin, Alexandre; Riols, Christian; Dijkstra, Cor; Ducrest, Anne-Lyse (2001). Female plumage spottiness signals parasite resistance in the barn owl (Tyto alba). Behavioral Ecology, 12(1), pp. 103-110. Oxford University Press 10.1093/oxfordjournals.beheco.a000371
Behavioral Ecology, 12(1), 103-110. Oxford University Press

The hypothesis that extravagant ornaments signal parasite resistance has received support in several species for ornamented males but more rarely for ornamented females. However, recent theories have proposed that females should often be under sexual

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