Dietary carotenoid supplementation affects orange beak but not foot coloration in Gentoo Penguins Pygoscelis papua

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 573-578

  Jouventin, Pierre ^a   McGraw, Kevin J ^b   Morel, Maxime ^a   Célerier, Aurélie ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Determinism of beak color; Gentoo; Ornamental coloration; Penguins; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAROTENOID; COLOR; DIET; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES;

EID: 39449114263     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0573:DCSAOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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