Different carotenoids and potential information content of red coloration of male three-spined stickleback

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 787-801

  Wedekind, Claus ^a   Meyer, Pascale ^a   Frischknecht, Markus ^a   Niggli, Urs A ^a   Pfander, Hanspeter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Breeding coloration; Carotenoids; Fish; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Lutein; Multiple ornaments; Signalling; Stickleback; Tunaxanthin

Indexed keywords

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0031779753     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022365315836     Document Type: Article

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