Johansen, Ida Beitnes; Henriksen, Eirik Haugstvedt; Shaw, Jenny Carolyn; Mayer, Ian; Amundsen, Per-Arne; Øverli, Øyvind (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-23)
Conspicuous carotenoid ornamentation is considered a signal of individual “quality” and one of the
most intensely studied traits found to co-vary with parasitism. Since it has been suggested that
only “high quality” individuals have enough resources to express excessive sexual ornaments and
resist parasites, current theory struggles to explain cases where the brightest individuals carry the
most ...