Tail feather elongation in Great Skuas Stercorarius skua: a sexual ornament signalling individual quality?

Kees H. T. Schreven; Sjúrður Hammer

doi:10.1080/00063657.2021.1882936

Tail feather elongation in Great Skuas Stercorarius skua: a sexual ornament signalling individual quality?

Kees H. T. Schreven, Sjúrður Hammer

Umhvørvisstovan - The Faroese Environment Agency

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In breeding Great Skuas Stercorarius skua on Skúvoy, Faroe Islands, central tail feather elongation was longer in males than females and was related to head size, laying date, egg volume, diet composition and, only in males, the tendency to incubate the clutch.

Original language	English
Number of pages	11
Journal	Bird Study
Volume	67
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2021.1882936
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

Diet
Egg volume
Incubation
Laying date
Parental case
Spatial

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Tail feather elongation in Great Skuas Stercorarius skua: a sexual ornament signalling individual quality?

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