The effect of mycoplasmosis on carotenoid plumage coloration in male house finches

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2095-2099

  Hill, Geoffrey E ^a   Farmer, Kristy L ^a   Beck, Michelle L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Carpodacus mexicanus; House finch; Mycoplasma gallicepticum; Parasite; Plumage coloration; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; BIRD DISEASES; CAROTENOIDS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRDS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARPODACUS; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; FRINGILLIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; PASSERI;

EID: 3042565969     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00998     Document Type: Article

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