UV-blue structural coloration and competition for nestboxes in male eastern bluebirds

By L. Siefferman, G. E. Hill. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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MEASURING HABITAT QUALITY: A REVIEW (2007, background): “…2002), ptilochronology (Grubb and Yosef 1994, Carlson 1998), various measures of pigmentation (especially the prominence of ultraviolet wavelengths; Siefferman and Hill 2005), and fluctuating asymmetry (Lens et al. 1999), the latter based on the notion that high-quality habitats enable…”
Ultraviolet signals ultra-aggression in a lizard (2006, background): “Although several studies have shown UV signals to be sexually dimorphic traits important for mate choice in birds (Bennett et al. 1996, 1997; Andersson et al. 1998), a role for UV signals in contest competition has only recently been demonstrated in a few taxa (Brunton & Majerus 1995; Bright & Waas ”
Ornamental plumage coloration and condition are dependent on age in eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis (2005, background): “Furthermore, we found that experimentally decreasing parental investment caused male eastern bluebirds to become brighter after the subsequent molt, indicating that structural coloration is a condition-dependent trait (Siefferman and Hill 2005a).”
Evidence that plumage bacteria influence feather coloration and body condition of eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis (2009, unknown): “Male blue coloration is associated with success in competition for nest boxes (Siefferman and Hill 2005b) and, along with the chestnut-colored chest patch, predicts male parental effort and reproductive success (Siefferman and Hill 2003).”
Mouth coloration of nestlings covaries with offspring quality and influences parental feeding behavior (2007, background): “Nevertheless, the function of rictal flanges might be mainly providing conspicuousness to nestlings in dark nests, although this interpretation is not exclusive to a signaling role, due to the potential costs of production of structural coloration (Keyser and Hill 2000; McGraw et al. 2002; Siefferm”
Melanin- versus carotenoid-based sexual signals : is the difference really so black and red? (2006, background): “Furthermore, two recent studies have shown that variation in structural colour-based sexual ornaments also predicts success in dominance interactions between males (Alonso-Alvarez et al. 2004; Siefferman & Hill 2005).”
Structural colours create a flashing cue for sexual recognition and male quality in a Neotropical giant damselfly (2009, background): “…research on colours as indicators of fitness has focused on pigments, recent studies have shown that structural colours also may signal the condition of mates or competitors (Fitzstephens & Getty 2000; Doucet & Montgomerie 2003; Siefferman & Hill 2005; Loyau et al. 2007).”
Plumage brightness predicts male mating success in the lekking golden-collared manakin, Manacus vitellinus (2006, background): “Several studies have shown that indeed structural colors can signal aspects of male quality, including viability (Sheldon et al., 1999), competitive ability (Siefferman and Hill, 2005), and parasite load (Doucet and Montgomerie, 2003).”