Dominant male song performance reflects current immune state in a cooperatively breeding songbird

Conspicuous displays are thought to have evolved as signals of individual “quality”, though precisely what they encode remains a focus of debate. While high quality signals may be produced by high quality individuals due to “good genes” or favourable early‐life conditions, whether current immune sta...

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Published in:Ecol Evol
Main Authors: York, Jenny E., Radford, Andrew N., Groothuis, Ton G., Young, Andrew J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Original Research
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4719765/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26811745
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1938
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