Extra-pair paternity drives plumage colour elaboration in male passerines
Extra-pair paternity drives plumage colour elaboration in male passerines
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San Francisco: Public Library of Science
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The elaborate ornamental plumage displayed by birds has largely been attributed to sexual selection, whereby the greater success of ornamented males in attaining mates drives a rapid elaboration of those ornaments. Indeed, plumage elaboration tends to be greatest in species with a high variance in reproductive success such as polygynous mating syst...
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Extra-pair paternity drives plumage colour elaboration in male passerines
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2705374809
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2705374809
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0273347
