Within-male melanin-based plumage and bill elaboration in male house sparrows

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1073-1078

  Václav, Radovan ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Composite signals; Melanin coloration; Passer domesticus; Sexual ornaments

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAK; COLOR; FEATHER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; BEAK; COLOR; FEATHERS; MALE; MELANINS; PIGMENTATION; SPARROWS;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 34147158241     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.1073     Document Type: Article

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