Ultraviolet reflectance affects male-male interactions in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus ultramarinus)

By C. Alonso-Alvarez, C. Doutrelant, G. Sorci. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Citations in the corpus

• Primary sex ratio adjustment to experimentally reduced male UV attractiveness in blue tits (2006, background): “We also suggest that the UV reduction may interfere with the signaling function of the male crown plumage during male–male territorial conflicts (Alonso-Alvarez et al. 2004), which could also influence the female’s perception of the quality of her mate.”
• Comparing plumage colour measurements obtained directly from live birds and from collected feathers: the case of the great tit Parus major (2006, background): “…taken directly on the bird (Andersson et al. 1998, Siitari and Huhta 2002, Örnborg et al. 2002, Eaton and Lanyon 2003, Doucet and Montgomerie 2003a, Alonso-Alvarez et al. 2004) but this requires to carry the devices to the field, which may be an impor- tant drawback because of the fragility of…”
• Male sexual attractiveness and parental effort in blue tits: A test of the differential allocation hypothesis (2005, background): “Alonso-Alvarez et al. (2004) found Table 6. Summary of the four nest defence variables for birds subjected to the UVC or the UV� treatment, shown separately for males and females”
• 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).”
• Seasonal changes in blue tit crown color: Do they signal individual quality? (2006, background): “This species shows sexual dichromatism in crown color, with males being more ultraviolet (UV) than females (Andersson et al. 1998; Hunt et al. 1998), and crown UV reflectance seems to be important in both intra- and intersexual signaling (Sheldon et al. 1999; Delhey et al. 2003; Alonso-Alvarez et a”
• Armaments and ornaments in the rock sparrow: a possible dual utility of a carotenoid-based feather signal (2006, background): “Several studies have confirmed that the same trait can be selected by both female choice and male–male competition (e.g., crest: Jones and Hunter 1999; courtship behavior: Mateos and Carranza 1999; call: Borgia and Coleman 2000; UV reflectance: Alonso-Alvarez et al. 2004; black mask: Tarof et al. ”