No evidence for survival selection on carotenoid-based nestling coloration in great tits (Parus major)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 618-624

  Fitze, P S ^a   Tschirren, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Plumage coloration; Selective pressures; Survival selection

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

CAROTENOID; COLOR; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PIGMENTATION; PROBABILITY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; COLOR; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEATHERS; PIGMENTATION; PROBABILITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SONGBIRDS;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645029985     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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