Eggshell pigment composition covaries with phylogeny but not with life history or with nesting ecology traits of British passerines

No single hypothesis is likely to explain the diversity in eggshell coloration and patterning across birds, suggesting that eggshell appearance is most likely to have evolved to fulfill many nonexclusive functions. By controlling for nonindependent phylogenetic associations between related species,...

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Published in:Ecol Evol
Main Authors: Brulez, Kaat, Mikšík, Ivan, Cooney, Christopher R., Hauber, Mark E., Lovell, Paul George, Maurer, Golo, Portugal, Steven J., Russell, Douglas, Reynolds, Silas James, Cassey, Phillip
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4752363/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26904185
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1960
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