Mutually honest? Physiological ‘qualities’ signalled by colour ornaments in monomorphic king penguins

• Published in: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
• Main Authors: Viblanc, Vincent A., Dobson, F. Stephen, Stier, Antoine, Schull, Quentin, Saraux, Claire, Gineste, Benoit, Pardonnet, Sylvia, Kauffmann, Marion, Robin, Jean-patrice, Bize, Pierre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-blackwell 2016
• Subjects: body condition; king penguin; monomorphic seabird; mutual mate choice; ornament; oxidative stress; sexual selection; ultra-violet signals; The Beak; King Penguins
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00302/41315/84137.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12729; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00302/41315/

Mate choice is expected to be important for the fitness of both sexes for species in which successful reproduction relies strongly on shared and substantial parental investment by males and females. Reciprocal selection may then favour the evolution of morphological signals providing mutual informat...