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Testosterone is involved in acquisition and maintenance of sexually selected male plumage in superb fairy-wrens, Malurus cyaneus

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2000

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Peters, Ann
Astheimer, Lee B
Boland, C
Cockburn, Andrew

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Springer

Abstract

Testosterone has been proposed as a physiological link between the level of sexual signalling and male condition. Bright plumage is one of the most noticeable sexual signals and is often used by females as a basis for mate choice. Yet bright male plumage

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Keywords: bird; plumage; sexual selection; testosterone; Aves; Malurus cyaneus; Troglodytinae; Vertebrata Honest signalling; Pre-nuptial moult; Sexual dichromatism; Sexual selection; Testosterone

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/89234

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Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

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2037-12-31

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