Carotenoid coloration in great black-backed gull Larus marinus reflects individual quality

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-12

  Kristiansen, Kai O ^a   Bustnes, Jan O ^b   Folstad, Ivar ^a   Helberg, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COLOR; DIET; SEABIRD; SIGNALING;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LARUS MARINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645125784     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2006.03667.x     Document Type: Article

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