Carotenoid ornamentation of adult male common redpolls predicts probability of dying in a salmonellosis outbreak

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 822-827

  Van Oort, H ^a   Dawson, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carduelis; Carotenoid dependent plumage colour; Common Redpolls; Conditional handicap; Honest advertisement; Salmonellosis; Status badge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CAROTENOID; EPIDEMIC; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; SURVIVAL;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS FLAMMEA;

EID: 33845591645     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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