Carotenoid-based plumage coloration predicts leukocyte parameters during the breeding season in northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-380

  Maney, Donna L ^a   Davis, Andrew K ^b   Goode, Christopher T ^a   Reid, Allison ^a   Showalter, Christopher ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Fernbank Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BREEDING SEASON; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PIGMENT; PLUMAGE; REFLECTANCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; TESTOSTERONE;

CARDINALIS; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; PASSERI;

EID: 40849136319     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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