A Red Bird in a Brown Bag

The Function and Evolution of Colorful Plumage in the House Finch

By: Geoffrey E. Hill

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Hardcover | 1 October 2002

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336 Pages

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23.39 x 15.6 x 1.91

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This is an account of studies of the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch. It is also an engaging study on the evolution of sexual selection in birds and a lively portrait of the challenges and constraints of experimental design facing any field investigator working with animal behavior. Part I sets the stage for modern studies of the function of plumage coloration with a review of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Part II focuses on the proximate control and present function of plumage coloration. Part III takes a more explicitly evolutionary approach to the study of plumage coloration using biogeography and phylogeny to test hypotheses for why specific forms of plumage color display have evolved. It concludes with an account of comparative studies that have been conducted in the House Finch and other cardueline finches and the insight these studies have provided on the evolution of carotenoid-based ornamental coloration.

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"This short book looks at coloration in house finches. It provides background information on house finch natural history, explains the 'proximate control and function of red plumage" in the house finch, and discusses the evolution of brightly colored plumage."--Ecology

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