Mutual mate choice for olorful traits in King Penguins

• Published in: Ethology
• Main Authors: Nolan, Paul M., Dobson, F. Stephen, Nicolaus, Marion, Karels, Tim J., McGraw, Kevin J., Jouventin, Pierre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY; FINCH BILL COLOR; APTENODYTES-PATAGONICUS; SEXUAL SELECTION; BODY CONDITION; FEMALE; ORNAMENTS; SIZE; EVOLUTION; DICHROMATISM; Finch; The Beak; King Penguins
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/abffcf87-58c1-48b3-89cb-e376590c9d89; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/abffcf87-58c1-48b3-89cb-e376590c9d89; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01775.x

While studies of mate choice based on male color pattern are ubiquitous, studies of mate choice based on ornamental color traits in sexually monomorphic species are less common. We conducted manipulative field experiments on two color ornaments of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), the size of...