Bacteria as an agent for change in structural plumage color: Correlational and experimental evidence

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Shawkey, Matthew D ^a,c   Pillai, Shreekumar R ^b   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a   Siefferman, Lynn M ^a,d   Roberts, Sharon R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feather degrading bacteria; Plumage color; Sexual selection; Sialia sialis; Structural color

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; COLOR; CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ORNAMENTATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; TAIL FEATHER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; FEATHER; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; FEATHERS; MALE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SIALIA; SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 33846242661     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510100     Document Type: Article

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