Egg carotenoids in passerine birds introduced to New Zealand: Relations to ecological factors, integument coloration and phylogeny

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 719-726

  Cassey, P ^a,b   Ewen, J G ^b,c   Boulton, R L ^b   Blackburn, T M ^a   Moller A P ^c   Biard, C ^c   Olson, V ^d   Karadas, F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Institute of Zoology   (United Kingdom)

^e YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Egg yolk; Integument pigments; Introduced birds

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 29144522338     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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