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Functional integration of multiple sexual ornaments: signal coherence and sexual selection
The meaning of purely structural colour: white plumage reflectance indicates feather condition
Valproate exposure in ovo attenuates the acquisition of social preferences of young post-hatch domestic chicks
Accelerated redevelopment of vocal skills is preceded by lasting reorganization of the song motor circuitry
Climate change and plumage colouration

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An enthusiast female great tit

Male moor frog during courtship

Male moor frog during courtship

Male moor frog during courtship

Common frog

Agile frog

Common toad

Common toad

Courting green lizard male

Immature green lizard

Immature green lizard

Pill bugs with different personalities

Blue tit

Great tit male during courtship

An aggressive collared flycatcher female

A singing older collared flycatcher male

A collared flycatcher female

A collared flycatcher female

A collared flycatcher male at a natural nest-hole

A collared flycatcher male

A courting collared flycatcher male

Two collared flycatcher males competing each other

A collared flycatcher female collecting nesting material

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Acoustic mirrors project
Cultural Evolution in Birdsong
Plumage colour signals: dynamic and static mechanisms
Sex ratio project

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Functional integration of multiple sexual ornaments: signal coherence and sexual selection
The meaning of purely structural colour: white plumage reflectance indicates feather condition
Valproate exposure in ovo attenuates the acquisition of social preferences of young post-hatch domestic chicks
Accelerated redevelopment of vocal skills is preceded by lasting reorganization of the song motor circuitry
Climate change and plumage colouration
Unravelling the relationships between life history, behaviour and condition
Escape ability and risk-taking behaviour in the collared flycatcher
Variation in mate quality dependent sex ratio adjustment
Reflectance variation in the blue tit crown
Acoustic mirrors as sensory traps for bats

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