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References from Sexual and ecological drivers of plumage conspicuousness in hummingbirds. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
Manakin display and visiting behaviour: A comparative test of sensory drive
10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.06.013 · 2008 · External reference
Lista de chequeo de las aves de Colombia: Una síntesis del estado del conocimiento desde Hilty & Brown (1986)
2017 · External reference
Avian sexual dichromatism in relation to phylogeny and ecology
10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132441 · 2003 · External reference
Plumage color as a composite trait: Developmental and functional integration of sexual ornamentation
10.1086/321325 · 2001 · External reference
The evolution of sexually dimorphic traits in ecological gradients: An interplay between natural and sexual selection in hummingbirds
10.1098/rspb.2022.1783 · 2022 · External reference
Speciation rates are positively correlated with the rate of plumage color evolution in hummingbirds
10.1111/evo.14277 · 2021 · External reference
Unresolved reference
2024 · External reference
Iridescent polychromatism in a female hummingbird: Is it related to feeding strategies?
1985 · External reference
Subtle, pervasive genetic correlation between the sexes in the evolution of dimorphic hummingbird tail ornaments*
10.1111/evo.13881 · 2020 · External reference
Convergent characteristics in sympatric species: A possible relation to interspecific competition and aggression
10.2307/1366300 · 1969 · External reference
The biology of color
10.1126/science.aan0221 · 2017 · External reference
A practical framework to analyze variation in animal colors using visual models
10.1093/beheco/aru198 · 2015 · External reference
Evolutionary predictors of the specific colors of birds
10.1073/pnas.2217692120 · 2023 · External reference
An ecoregion-based approach to protecting half the terrestrial realm
10.1093/biosci/bix014 · 2017 · External reference
Speciation as a stage in evolutionary divergence
10.1086/280899 · 1940 · External reference
The evolution of signal design in manakin plumage ornaments
10.1086/510162 · 2007 · External reference
Natural and sexual selection act on different axes of variation in avian plumage color
10.1126/sciadv.1400155 · 2015 · External reference
Viewing conditions predict evolutionary diversity in avian plumage colour
10.1098/rspb.2024.1728 · 2025 · External reference
Signal evolution and morphological complexity in hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae)
10.1111/evo.13893 · 2020 · External reference
Sensory ecology, receiver biases and sexual selection
10.1016/s0169-5347(98)01471-2 · 1998 · External reference
A predator’s view of animal color patterns
10.1007/978-1-4615-6956-5 · 1978 · External reference
Natural selection on color patterns in Poecilia reticulata
10.1111/j.1558-5646.1980.tb04790.x · 1980 · External reference
Progressive background in moths, and a quantitative measure of crypsis
10.1111/j.1095-8312.1984.tb01677.x · 1984 · External reference
On the measurement and classification of colour in studies of animal colour patterns
10.1111/j.1095-8312.1990.tb00839.x · 1990 · External reference
Signals, signal conditions, and the direction of evolution
10.1086/285308 · 1992 · External reference
The color of light in forests and its implications
10.2307/2937121 · 1993 · External reference
Animal visual systems and the evolution of color patterns: Sensory processing illuminates signal evolution
10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01827.x · 2005 · External reference
Male-like ornamentation in female hummingbirds results from social harassment rather than sexual selection
10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.043 · 2021 · External reference
Phylogenies and the comparative method
10.1086/284325 · 1985 · External reference
Evaluating the light environment as a contributor to colour differences among related bird species
10.1093/biolinnean/blae117 · 2025 · External reference
10.1007/s003590050128 · 1997 · Admitted local publication
Habitat light and dewlap color diversity in four species of Puerto Rican anoline lizards
10.1007/s00359-009-0478-8 · 2009 · External reference
Dorsal and ventral plumage coloration evolve as distinct modules with different environmental correlations
10.1086/728766 · 2024 · External reference
Light conditions and the evolution of the visual system in birds
10.1093/evolut/qpae054 · 2024 · External reference
Sexual dichromatism may not be a good index of sexual or natural selection in the blue cardinalids (Aves: Passeriformes)
10.1093/ornithology/ukac008 · 2022 · External reference
Inference from iterative simulation using multiple sequences
10.1214/ss/1177011136 · 1992 · External reference
Feather iridescence of Coeligena hummingbird species varies due to differently organized barbs and barbules
10.1098/rsbl.2021.0190 · 2021 · External reference
Influence of ambient light on the evolution of colour signals: Comparative analysis of a neotropical rainforest bird community: Ambient light influences colour evolution
10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00584.x · 2004 · External reference
Simultaneous crypsis and conspicuousness in color patterns: Comparative analysis of a neotropical rainforest bird community
10.1086/510138 · 2007 · External reference
Distribution of iridescent colours in hummingbird communities results from the interplay between selection for camouflage and communication
10.24072/pcjournal.7 · 2021 · External reference
MCMC methods for multi-response generalized linear mixed models: The MCMCglmm R Package
10.18637/jss.v033.i02 · 2010 · External reference
General quantitative genetic methods for comparative biology: Phylogenies, taxonomies and multi-trait models for continuous and categorical characters
10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01915.x · 2010 · External reference
Differences in color vision make passerines less conspicuous in the eyes of their predators
10.1073/pnas.0409228102 · 2005 · External reference
Ultraviolet signals in birds are special
10.1098/rspb.2002.2200 · 2003 · External reference
Spectral sensitivities of photoreceptors and their role in colour discrimination in the green-backed firecrown hummingbird (Sephanoides sephaniodes)
10.1007/s00359-008-0349-8 · 2008 · External reference
Energetic constraints on expression of carotenoid-based plumage coloration
10.1034/j.1600-048x.2000.310415.x · 2000 · External reference
Sexiness, individual condition, and species identity: The information signaled by ornaments and assessed by choosing females
10.1007/s11692-015-9331-x · 2015 · External reference
Plumage colour signals nutritional condition in the house finch
10.1098/rspb.1994.0140 · 1994 · External reference
Imperfect camouflage: How to hide in a variable world?
10.1098/rspb.2019.0646 · 2019 · External reference
Iridescence as camouflage
10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.013 · 2020 · External reference
Sexual selection and speciation: The comparative evidence revisited
10.1111/j.1469-185x.2010.00150.x · 2011 · External reference
Colour pattern component phenotypic divergence can be predicted by the light environment
10.1111/jeb.13342 · 2018 · External reference
Evidence for habitat partitioning based on adaptation to environmental light in a pair of sympatric lizard species
10.1098/rspb.2001.1904 · 2002 · External reference
Differences in visual signal design and detectability between allopatric populations of Anolis lizards
10.1086/379794 · 2004 · External reference
Character displacement of egg colors during tinamou speciation
10.1093/evolut/qpad085 · 2023 · External reference
Sex steroid dependence of carotenoid-based coloration in female zebra finches
10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.04.003 · 2006 · External reference
Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds
10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016 · 2014 · External reference
Local adaptation and divergence in colour signal conspicuousness between monomorphic and polymorphic lineages in a lizard
10.1111/jeb.12521 · 2014 · External reference
Interspecific variation in plumage colour among birds: Species recognition or light environment?
10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00431.x · 2002 · External reference
Selection, constraint, and the evolution of coloration in African starlings: Selection, constraints and color evolution
10.1111/evo.12912 · 2016 · External reference
Intraspecific colour variation among lizards in distinct island environments enhances local camouflage
10.1371/journal.pone.0135241 · 2015 · External reference
Wall lizards display conspicuous signals to conspecifics and reduce detection by avian predators
10.1093/beheco/aru126 · 2014 · External reference
Selection for cryptic coloration in a visually heterogeneous habitat
10.1098/rspb.2001.1747 · 2001 · External reference
How much variance can be explained by ecologists and evolutionary biologists?
10.1007/s00442-002-0952-2 · 2002 · External reference
Analyzing colors
2006 · External reference
A general and simple method for obtaining R 2 from generalized linear mixed-effects models
10.1111/j.2041-210x.2012.00261.x · 2013 · External reference
Exposure to UV radiance predicts repeated evolution of concealed black skin in birds
10.1038/s41467-020-15894-6 · 2020 · External reference
Improved camouflage through ontogenetic colour change confers reduced detection risk in shore crabs
10.1111/1365-2435.13280 · 2019 · External reference
An analysis of background color-matching in amphibians and reptiles
10.2307/1936109 · 1964 · External reference
Experimental evidence that predation promotes divergence in adaptive radiation
10.1073/pnas.0601575103 · 2006 · External reference
Unresolved reference
1996 · External reference
Color evolution in the hummingbird genus Coeligena
10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00827.x · 2010 · External reference
Ecologic overlap and interspecific strife in breeding population of Anna and Allen hummingbirds
10.2307/1932731 · 1951 · External reference
Losses of sexual dichromatism involve rapid changes in female plumage colors to match males in New World blackbirds
10.1093/evolut/qpad201 · 2023 · External reference
Sensory Drive, Color, and Color Vision
10.1086/692535 · 2017 · External reference
Phylogenetic tests of alternative intersexual selection mechanisms: Trait macroevolution in a polygynous clade (Aves: Pipridae)
10.1086/286014 · 1997 · External reference
Comparing plumage colour measurements obtained directly from live birds and from collected feathers: The case of the great tit Parus major
10.1111/j.0908-8857.2006.03636.x · 2006 · External reference
Phylogenetic signal, evolutionary process, and rate
10.1080/10635150802302427 · 2008 · External reference
Sexual selection and speciation
10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.38.091206.095733 · 2007 · External reference
Feather gene expression elucidates the developmental basis of plumage iridescence in African starlings
10.1093/jhered/esab014 · 2021 · External reference
Non-visual crypsis: A review of the empirical evidence for camouflage to senses other than vision
10.1098/rstb.2008.0228 · 2009 · External reference
Species recognition and sexual selection as a unitary problem in animal communication
10.1111/j.1558-5646.1993.tb02118.x · 1993 · External reference
Is black plumage an adaptation to high elevations in a cosmopolitan bird genus?
10.1111/jav.02041 · 2019 · External reference
Plumage evolution in relation to light environment in a novel clade of neotropical tanagers
10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.011 · 2013 · External reference
The role of sexual and natural selection in shaping patterns of sexual dichromatism in the largest family of songbirds (Aves: Thraupidae): Evolution of sexual dichromatism in the tanagers
10.1111/evo.13196 · 2017 · External reference
A species of reef fish that uses ultraviolet patterns for covert face recognition
10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.047 · 2010 · External reference
It’s not just what you have, but how you use it: Solar-positional and behavioural effects on hummingbird colour appearance during courtship
10.1111/ele.13125 · 2018 · External reference
Interspecific covariation in courtship displays, iridescent plumage, solar orientation, and their interactions in hummingbirds
10.1086/704774 · 2019 · External reference
Sympatry drives colour and song evolution in wood-warblers (Parulidae)
10.1098/rspb.2020.2804 · 2021 · External reference
Life histories of hermit hummingbirds
10.2307/4082606 · 1964 · External reference
Sexual dichromatism of the Blue-throated Starfrontlet, Coeligena helianthea, hummingbird plumage
10.1007/s10336-019-01709-z · 2020 · External reference
Color change and camouflage in juvenile shore crabs Carcinus maenas
10.3389/fevo.2014.00014 · 2014 · External reference
Aggressive and courtship displays of the male Anna’s hummingbird
10.2307/1367674 · 1982 · External reference
Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors
10.1073/pnas.1919377117 · 2020 · External reference
Evolution of avian plumage color in a tetrahedral color space: A phylogenetic analysis of new world buntings
10.1086/587526 · 2008 · External reference
Evolution of color variation in dragon lizards: Quantitative tests of the role of crypsis and local adaptation
10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01735.x · 2004 · External reference
Forest light and its influence on habitat selection
10.1023/a:1017592631542 · 2001 · External reference
Effects of light environment on color communication
2006 · External reference
Theory and speciation
10.1016/s0169-5347(01)02177-2 · 2001 · External reference
Variable visual habitats may influence the spread of colourful plumage across an avian hybrid zone: Mechanisms of display trait introgression across a hybrid zone
10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01378.x · 2007 · External reference
Hummingbird plumage color diversity exceeds the known gamut of all other birds
10.1038/s42003-022-03518-2 · 2022 · External reference
When does natural selection take place?
10.1093/evolut/qpad108 · 2023 · External reference
Receptor noise as a determinant of colour thresholds
10.1098/rspb.1998.0302 · 1998 · External reference
The role of robustness in phenotypic adaptation and innovation
10.1098/rspb.2011.2293 · 2012 · External reference
Sexual selection, social competition, and speciation
10.1086/413215 · 1983 · External reference
Female territoriality in a tropical hummingbird
10.2307/4083410 · 1969 · External reference
Rapid body color change provides lizards with facultative crypsis in the eyes of their avian predators
10.1086/717678 · 2022 · External reference