Fat stores in birds: An overlooked sink for carotenoid pigments?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 297-303

  Negro, J J ^a   Figuerola, J ^a   Garrido, J ^b   Green, A J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

Author keywords

carotene; Bird coloration; Greylag Goose; Lutein; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAROTENOID; FAT RESERVE; PIGMENT;

EID: 0034913396     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2001.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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