Are eggshell spottiness and colour indicators of health and condition in blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-384

  Martínez De La Puente, Josué ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a   Tomás, Gustavo ^a   Morales, Judith ^a   Lobato, Elisa ^a   García Fraile, Sonia ^a   Martínez, Javier ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COLOR; EGGSHELL; HEALTH STATUS; PASSERINE; PROTEIN;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 34248232153     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2007.03877.x     Document Type: Article

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