Multiple Ornaments—Multiple Signaling Functions? The Importance of Song and UV Plumage Coloration in Female Superb Fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus)
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Citation: Mahr K, Evans C, Thonhauser KE, Griggio M and Hoi H (2016) Multiple Ornaments—Multiple Signaling Functions? The Importance of Song and UV Plumage Coloration in Female Superb Fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus). Front. Ecol. Evol. 4:43. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00043 Multiple Ornaments—Multiple Signaling Functions? The Importance of Song and UV Plumage Coloration in Female Superb Fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus)
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تاریخ انتشار 2016