Melanin coloration in New World orioles II: Ancestral state reconstruction reveals lability in the use of carotenoids and phaeomelanins

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-181

  Hofmann, Christopher M ^a   Cronin, Thomas W ^a   Omland, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COLOR MORPH; EVOLUTION; MELANIN; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33847418423     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2007.03804.x     Document Type: Article

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