A new female-like morph of juvenile male Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) – sexual mimicry to avoid intra-specific predation?
In migrant Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) at Eilat, Israel, we noted that juvenile males had two different morphs – the one described to date in literature; and a second, previously undescribed morph, with femalelike barring on the chest and flanks interspersed with tear-shaped elongated sp...
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| Language: | English |
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2015-12-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Ecology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/eje.2015.1.issue-1/eje-2015-0008/eje-2015-0008.xml?format=INT |