Avian eggshell color seems to fulfill multiple functions, some of them being structural and others signaling. In this study, we tested whether or not eggshell coloration may play a role in sexual selection of Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus). According to the "Sexually selected eggshell coloration" hypothesis, eggshell coloration signals female, egg or chick quality and males adjust parental investment according to this signal. Eggs of this species are covered with brown spots and patches, and variation between clutches is high. We found that eggshell coloration correlates with both protoporphyrin and biliverdin, but protoporphyrin concentrations are ten times higher. Eggshell coloration reflects egg and offspring quality, but not ...
Many passerine birds lay white eggs with reddish brown speckles produced by protoporphyrin pigment. ...
Blue-green and brown-spotted eggshells in birds have been proposed as sexual signals of female physi...
Inter- and intraspecific variation in eggshell colouration has long fascinated evolutionary biologis...
Avian eggshell color seems to fulfill multiple functions, some of them being structural and others s...
No single hypothesis is likely to explain the diversity in eggshell coloration and patterning across...
Abstract. Among several adaptive explanations proposed to account for variation in avian egg color, ...
How colouration provides information about individuals in birds has been a central issue in recent d...
The colourful appearance of bird eggshells has long fascinated biologists and considerable research ...
One of the hypotheses to explain egg colour variation in birds lays in the context of sexual selecti...
Understanding the impressive interspecific variation in avian eggshell colouration has attracted th...
Published online: 20 August 2015. Abstract in English and GermanEgg camouflage may explain the adapt...
Inter- and intraspecific variation in eggshell colouration has long fascinated evolutionary biologis...
Recent work suggests that the evolution of egg coloration may have been constrained in three importa...
The colourful appearance of avian eggshells is a prominent aspect of maternal reproductive effort in...
Avian eggs exhibit a large variability in coloration and patterns, which are produced by blue-green ...
Many passerine birds lay white eggs with reddish brown speckles produced by protoporphyrin pigment. ...
Blue-green and brown-spotted eggshells in birds have been proposed as sexual signals of female physi...
Inter- and intraspecific variation in eggshell colouration has long fascinated evolutionary biologis...
Avian eggshell color seems to fulfill multiple functions, some of them being structural and others s...
No single hypothesis is likely to explain the diversity in eggshell coloration and patterning across...
Abstract. Among several adaptive explanations proposed to account for variation in avian egg color, ...
How colouration provides information about individuals in birds has been a central issue in recent d...
The colourful appearance of bird eggshells has long fascinated biologists and considerable research ...
One of the hypotheses to explain egg colour variation in birds lays in the context of sexual selecti...
Understanding the impressive interspecific variation in avian eggshell colouration has attracted th...
Published online: 20 August 2015. Abstract in English and GermanEgg camouflage may explain the adapt...
Inter- and intraspecific variation in eggshell colouration has long fascinated evolutionary biologis...
Recent work suggests that the evolution of egg coloration may have been constrained in three importa...
The colourful appearance of avian eggshells is a prominent aspect of maternal reproductive effort in...
Avian eggs exhibit a large variability in coloration and patterns, which are produced by blue-green ...
Many passerine birds lay white eggs with reddish brown speckles produced by protoporphyrin pigment. ...
Blue-green and brown-spotted eggshells in birds have been proposed as sexual signals of female physi...
Inter- and intraspecific variation in eggshell colouration has long fascinated evolutionary biologis...