dc.contributor.author |
Medina, I |
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dc.contributor.author |
Delhey, K |
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dc.contributor.author |
Peters, A |
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dc.contributor.author |
Cain, Kristal |
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dc.contributor.author |
Hall, ML |
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dc.contributor.author |
Mulder, RA |
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dc.contributor.author |
Langmore, NE |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-05-29T04:25:06Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2017-01-26 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
BMC Evolutionary Biology 17 Article number 35 26 Jan 2017 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/33142 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Both natural and sexual selection may drive the evolution of plumage colouration in birds. This can lead to great variation in plumage not only across species, but also between sexes within species. Australasian fairy-wrens are famous for their brightly coloured males, which exhibit colours ranging from bright blue to red and black. Female plumage in fairy wrens (and in general) has been rarely studied, but it can also be highly variable, including both bright and cryptic plumages. We use a comparative framework to explore the basis for this variation, and test the possibility that female fairy-wrens experience selection for cryptic plumage when they occupy more exposed habitats that offer little concealment from predators. We use spectral measurements of plumage for species and subspecies of Australasian fairy-wrens. |
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dc.publisher |
BioMed Central |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1471-2148/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.title |
Habitat structure is linked to the evolution of plumage colour in female, but not male, fairy-wrens |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1186/s12862-016-0861-3 |
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pubs.volume |
17 |
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dc.description.version |
VoR - Version of Record |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The Author |
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dc.identifier.pmid |
28125973 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published online |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
612085 |
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pubs.org-id |
Science |
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pubs.org-id |
Biological Sciences |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1471-2148 |
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pubs.number |
35 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2017-05-29 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2017-01-26 |
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pubs.dimensions-id |
28125973 |
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