Avian egg colour and sexual selection: Does eggshell pigmentation reflect female condition and genetic quality?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 803-806

  Moreno, Juan ^a   Osorno, José Luis ^a,b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Birds; Differential allocation; Egg colour; Eggshell pigments; Health; Paternal care; Phylogenetic lability; Sexual selection; Stress

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COLOR; EGGSHELL; PIGMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CRYPSIS;

EID: 0042786668     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00505.x     Document Type: Review

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