The effect of dietary carotenoid access on sexual dichromatism and plumage pigment composition in the American goldfinch

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 261-269

  McGraw, K J ^a,b   Hill, G E ^b   Stradi, R ^c   Parker, R S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardueline finches; Carduelis tristis; Carotenoid biochemistry; Carotenoid physiology; Carotenoid pigments; Diet; HPLC; Plumage coloration

Indexed keywords

CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AVES; CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS TRISTIS; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 0036161809     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(01)00500-0     Document Type: Article

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