Same Colors for Different Functions: Implications for the Evolution of Carotenoid-Based Ornamentation

• Published in: The American naturalist Vol. 200; no. 6; p. E237
• Main Authors: Cardoso, Gonçalo C, Mota, Paulo G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Animals; Brassicaceae; Carotenoids; Female; Finches; Male; Pigmentation; carotenoid pigments; sexual ornamentation; flash marks; signal honesty

AbstractSexual ornamentation is often assumed to be costly, allowing honest signaling of individual quality, and carotenoid-based colors have been proposed to bear significant costs. If carotenoid-based colors are costly to produce, sexually selected signals should use more concentrated carotenoid p...