Seasonal changes in carotenoid- and melanin-based plumage coloration in the Great Tit Parus major

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Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 797-802

  Figuerola, Jordi ^a,b   Senar, Joan Carles ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COLOR MORPH; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MELANIN; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 33745184429     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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