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Plumage Traits

Plumage Traits is a morphological construct denoting the suite of feather characteristics in birds that function as secondary sexual traits, distinguished by their role in sexual selection and intraspecific signaling rather than primary locomotor or thermoregulatory functions.

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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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Carotenoids, Parasites, and Sexual Selection

George A. Lozano · Oikos · 1994 · 566 citations

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Fear and adaptability in poultry: insights, implications and imperatives

R.B. Jones · World s Poultry Science Journal · 1996 · 526 citations

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    Geoffrey E. Hill

    Auburn University, United States

    71 publications · 7.6K citations

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  2. KJ
    Kevin J. McGraw

    Arizona State University, United States

    50 publications · 3.3K citations

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    Alexandre Roulin

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    31 publications · 2.1K citations

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    Kaspar Delhey

    Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany

    27 publications · 1.6K citations

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    Michael S. Webster

    Cornell University, United States

    21 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. Auburn University

    Auburn, United States

    43 h-index

    124 publications

    11.9K citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    39 h-index

    168 publications

    15.9K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    33 h-index

    178 publications

    8.4K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

    Pöcking, Germany

    30 h-index

    126 publications

    6.6K citations

  5. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    30 h-index

    85 publications

    5.1K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    29 h-index

    71 publications

    6.2K citations

  7. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    29 h-index

    101 publications

    12.8K citations

  8. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

    Madrid, Spain

    29 h-index

    106 publications

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  1. Evolution

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  2. Behavioral Ecology

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  4. The Auk

    157 publications · 7.3K citations

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    AN · 52 publications · 5.8K citations

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