NSF award 2611463 · Michigan State University

Collaborative Research: Understanding the rules of honest signaling

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28 November 2027

in 406 days · The award ends on 31 July 2027.

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Award number: 2611463
Period of support: 15 Oct 2025 – 31 Jul 2027
Amount: $609,980
Awardee: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Program: Integrtv Ecological Physiology
Directorate: BIO

Abstract

Red feather coloration in the House Finch and other songbirds serves as an honest signal of individual condition. This finding is both well documented and quite remarkable. It is far from obvious why the hue of feathers reveals the individual quality or what prevents low-quality birds from cheating this system. A series of recent breakthrough studies brings us to the doorstep of understanding honest signaling via…

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