Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Avian diversity in the Neotropics has been traditionally attributed to the effect of vicariant
forces promoting speciation in allopatry. Recent studies have shown that phylogeographical …

Advanced analyses of feathers, eggs, and other colorful tissues in ornithology collections
are revealing fresh insights into the life histories of birds. Here, we describe the methods …

Dynamic changes in integumentary color occur in cases as diverse as the neurologically
controlled iridiphores of cephalopod skin and the humidity-responsive cuticles of longhorn …

White plumage areas are widespread among birds but the mechanisms generating
individual differences in white feather reflectance are poorly known. Additionally, the …

Several studies, of a large number of bird species, have shown that song frequencies have a
strong negative relationship with body size. However, mixed results were obtained at the …

Sexual differences in plumage coloration, referred to as sexual dichromatism, are a common
phenomenon among tanagers (family Thraupidae). In many species of this group, sexual …

More than a century ago, Darwin and Wallace started a still ongoing debate over which are
the predominant forces driving sexual dichromatism (ie differences in body coloration …

Ovenbirds represent a clade of exclusively Neotropical birds that are exceptionally diverse,
despite their rather dull, melanin-based plumage. In general, sexes are considered …

Avian diversity in the Neotropics has been traditionally attributed to the effect of vicariant
forces promoting speciation in allopatry. Recent studies have shown that phylogeographic …