Female throat ornamentation does not reflect cell-mediated immune response in bluethroats Luscinia s. svecica

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 496-504

  Pärn, Henrik ^a   Lifjeld, Jan T ^b   Amundsen, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Female coloration; Immunocompetence; Melanin coloration; Phytohemagglutinin; Structural coloration

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY CONDITION; COLOR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ORNAMENTATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLOR; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; COLOR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

LUSCINIA; LUSCINIA SVECICA;

EID: 27544439002     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0209-y     Document Type: Article

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