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Breeding Plumage

Breeding Plumage is a specialized set of feathers acquired through molting that distinguishes the adult plumage of birds during the reproductive season, characterized by enhanced coloration or ornamentation that functions primarily in mate attraction and territorial display.

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176

Variants

Nuptial Plumage

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Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers

Dakota E. McCoy, Teresa J. Feo, Todd Alan Harvey et al. · Nature Communications · 2017 · 7.5K citations · Full text

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Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds

Allen Keast, David Lack · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1970 · 3.9K citations

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An Approach to the Study of Molts and Plumages

Philip S. Humphrey, Kenneth C. Parkes · The Auk · 1959 · 955 citations

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Plumage coloration is a sexually selected indicator of male quality

Geoffrey E. Hill · Nature · 1991 · 853 citations · Full text

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Tetrachromacy, oil droplets and bird plumage colours

Misha Vorobyev, Daniel Osorio, Andrew T. D. Bennett et al. · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 1998 · 755 citations

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  1. GE
    Geoffrey E. Hill

    Auburn University, United States

    55 publications · 5.7K citations

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  2. KJ
    Kevin J. McGraw

    Arizona State University, United States

    42 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. AR
    Alexandre Roulin

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    22 publications · 1.6K citations

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    Kaspar Delhey

    Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany

    25 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. RM
    Robert Montgomerie

    Queen's University, Canada

    18 publications · 1.7K citations

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Institutions

913

  1. Auburn University

    Auburn, United States

    34 h-index

    84 publications

    7.2K citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    31 h-index

    107 publications

    9.2K citations

  3. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    27 h-index

    75 publications

    4.5K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    109 publications

    5.4K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

    Pöcking, Germany

    25 h-index

    100 publications

    5.2K citations

  6. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

    Madrid, Spain

    23 h-index

    63 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    21 h-index

    57 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    21 h-index

    40 publications

    17.1K citations

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  1. Behavioral Ecology

    66 publications · 4.6K citations

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  2. Evolution

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  3. The Auk

    117 publications · 6.2K citations

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  5. Animal Behaviour

    51 publications · 2.8K citations

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