The role of melanin- and carotenoid-based plumage coloration in nest defence in the Great Tit

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 640-647

  Quesada, Javier ^a,b   Senar, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CAROTENOID; COLOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; MELANIN; NEST; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 34347226293     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01364.x     Document Type: Article

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