Animal allure and health linked by plant pigments

BioEssays

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 746-747

  Hõrak, Peeter ^a   Saks, Lauri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; PIGMENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HEALTH; BIRD; COLOR; DETOXIFICATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EXPERIMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLANT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAROTENOIDS; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0042090846     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10325     Document Type: Short Survey

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