Understanding the patterns and processes related to sexual dimorphism and sex differences
in diverse animal taxa is a foundational research topic in ecology and evolution. Within the …

Developmental stress experienced during the embryonic period has the potential to affect
individual quality and to exert long‐term impacts on avian fitness. Avian integumentary …

Reliable identification of cryptic Neotropical capuchino seedeater females remains as a
recurrent and non-trivial issue in field ornithology. Even in the hand, capuchino females …

Many studies of animal and plumage coloration use spectrometry to obtain objective
measurements of colorful traits. Objective measurements of plumage color are particularly …

Historically, studies of sexual selection have examined the influence of phenotype from of a
single parent on that which offspring exhibit. Male ornamentation is a communicator of …