Carotenoid trade-off between parasitic resistance and sexual display: An experimental study in the blackbird (Turdus merula)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1633, 2008, Pages 427-434

  Baeta, R ^a,b   Faivre, B ^a   Motreuil, S ^a   Gaillard, M ^a   Moreau, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bill colour; Carotenoids; Coccidia; Experimental infection; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

CAROTENOID; ENDOPARASITE; PASSERINE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATUTE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COCCIDIA; ISOSPORA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 37849036846     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1383     Document Type: Article

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