Sentence examples for covert colour from inspiring English sources

Models that included both tail and greater covert colour allowed us to assess the importance of any winter habitat effects that influenced greater covert colour, while controlling for individual quality using tail feather colour.

Models examining arrival dates controlled for any variation associated with year or age before examining the effect of tail colour alone or tail plus greater covert colour.

Male tail feather and greater covert colour (chroma and hue) had no direct effect on annual productivity of males in Revelstoke (Table  6).

We then asked whether adding δC and δN values to the model explained any additional variance in greater covert colour (hue or chroma).

In these models significance of the tail and greater covert colour terms was assessed by comparing the fit of models with and without these terms using likelihood ratio tests.

Male tail feather and greater covert colour (chroma and hue) had no direct effects on the clutch initiation date, age or colour of their mate, or the annual productivity of males in Inuvik (Table  6).

Greater covert and tail feather colour (chroma and hue) were correlated, suggesting genetics and/or individual quality played a role in pigment deposition.

After controlling for tail colour, greater covert chroma and hue did not explain any additional variation in male arrival dates (Table  5).

After controlling for tail colour, neither greater covert chroma nor hue explained any additional variation in male arrival dates (Table  5).

After controlling for arrival date and tail colour, male greater covert chroma and hue values did not explain any additional variation in the clutch initiation date, age or colour of their mate (Table  5).

The wing coverts are a distinctive chestnut colour with some white bars.