Image of the Day: Fancy Feathers
Differences in male (right) and female (left) plumage in the shining honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) and other songbirds may be driven by factors beyond sexual selection.
Nov 10, 2015
BILL HOLSTEN(See “The effects of life history and sexual selection on male and female plumage colouration,” Nature, 2015.)
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