Experimental evidence that egg color indicates female condition at laying in a songbird

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 651-655

  Moreno, Juan ^a   Lobato, Elisa ^a   Morales, Judith ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Tomás, Gustavo ^a   Martínez De La Puente, Josué ^a   Sanz, Juan J ^a   Mateo, Rafael ^b   Soler, Juan J ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biliverdin; Color analysis; Egg coloration; Eggshell pigments; Female condition; Food supplement; Nutrition; Phenotypic quality; Sexual selection; Signaling

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; EGG PRODUCTION; EGGSHELL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT; SONGBIRD;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERI;

EID: 33745606974     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ark014     Document Type: Article

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