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Male nest building but not display behaviour directly influences mating success in the polygynous Red Bishop, Euplectes orix

M. Lawes, Auteur ; R. Slotow, Auteur ; S. Andersson, Auteur

Dans Ostrich (73(3-4) SEP 2002)

Previous studies of the highly polygynous and strikingly sexually dimorphic Red Bishop, Euplectes orix (Ploceinae, weaverbirds), have suggested random female settlement patterns and no correlates of male reproductive success except the number of[...]

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Molecular phylogeny and evolution of tail ornamentation in the African Widowbirds and Bishops

M. Prager, Auteur ; S. Andersson, Auteur

Dans Journal of Ornithology (147(5, Suppl. 1) AUG 2006)

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Morphology of UV reflectance in a whistling-thrush: implications for the study of structural colour signalling in birds

S. Andersson, Auteur

Dans Journal of Avian Biology (30(2) JUN 1999)

Many birds perceive, and some seem to communicate, in the W-A waveband (320-400 nm) invisible to humans, but the morphological mechanism and thereby scope for ultraviolet plumage signalling remain largely unstudied. No avian pigments or iridesce[...]

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Phylogeny, sexual selection and constraints on carotenoid coloration and ornamental plumage diversity in widowbirds and bishops

S. Andersson, Auteur ; M. Prager, Auteur

Dans Journal of Ornithology (147(5, Suppl. 1) AUG 2006)

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