Patterns of serum carotenoid accumulation and skin colour variation in kestrel nestlings in relation to breeding conditions and different terms of carotenoid supplementation

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-245

  Casagrande, Stefania ^a,b   Costantini, David ^c,d   Fanfani, Alberto ^c   Tagliavini, James ^b   Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e Ornis Italica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NESTING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRDS; CAROTENOIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 33846631837     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0125-4     Document Type: Article

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