The pink feather blush of the Roseate Tern

Waterbirds

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 296-301

  Hays, Helen ^a   Hudon, Jocelyn ^b   Cormons, Grace ^c   Dicostanzo, Joseph ^a   Lima, Pedro ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^c Cetrel S/A Empressa De Protecas Ambiental Do Polo Petrocemico De Gamacari ^*  (United States)

^d Cetrel S/A Empressa De Protecas Ambiental Do Polo Petrocemico De Gamacari   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Carotenoid pigments; Definitive basic plumage; Pigmentation; Pink blush; Reseate Tern; Sterna dougallii

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COLOR MORPH; FEATHER; WADER;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 33749453674     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[296:TPFBOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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