Carotenoid-based breast plumage colour, body condition and clutch size in red fodies (Foudia madagascariensis)

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Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 164-169

  Estep, Laura K ^a,b,c   Shawkey, Matthew D ^a,d   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of California ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; FOUDIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; PLOCEINAE;

EID: 33846211948     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520609485528     Document Type: Article

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