Carotenoid pigments in male House Finch plumage in relation to age, subspecies, and ornamental coloration

Auk

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 900-915

  Inouye, C Y ^a   Hill, G E ^a   Stradi, R D ^a   Montgomerie, R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CAROTENOID; MALE; ORNAMENTATION; PIGMENT; SUBSPECIES;

CALIFORNIA; GUERRERO STATE; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035214496     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089841     Document Type: Article

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