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SUBMITTER: Brulez K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4752363 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brulez Kaat K Mikšík Ivan I Cooney Christopher R CR Hauber Mark E ME Lovell Paul George PG Maurer Golo G Portugal Steven J SJ Russell Douglas D Reynolds Silas James SJ Cassey Phillip P
Ecology and evolution 20160212 6
No single hypothesis is likely to explain the diversity in eggshell coloration and patterning across birds, suggesting that eggshell appearance is most likely to have evolved to fulfill many nonexclusive functions. By controlling for nonindependent phylogenetic associations between related species, we describe this diversity using museum eggshells of 71 British breeding passerine species to examine how eggshell pigment composition and concentrations vary with phylogeny and with life-history and ...[more]