Effects of nutrition on sexual ornaments and humoral immune responsiveness in adult male pheasants

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-42

  Ohlsson, T ^a   Smith, H G ^a   Raberg L ^a   Hasselquist, D ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Colour; ELISA; Immunocompetence; Male ornaments; Phasianus colchicus; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CAROTENOID; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MATE CHOICE; NUTRITION; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038001494     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2003.9522688     Document Type: Article

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