The crop milk: A potential new route for carotenoid-mediated parental effects

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-251

  Eraud, Cyril ^a,b   Dorie, Adrien ^a   Jacquet, Anne ^a   Faivre, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; FITNESS; FOOD PROVISIONING; MILK; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AVES; COLUMBIDAE; COLUMBIFORMES;

EID: 40349093466     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.04053.x     Document Type: Article

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