Dietary carotenoids predict plumage coloration in wild house finches

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1496, 2002, Pages 1119-1124

  Hill, Geoffrey E ^a   Inouye, Caron Y ^a   Montgomerie, Robert ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpodacus mexicanus; Condition dependence; Honest signalling; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

CAROTENOID; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEATHER; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SKIN COLOR;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; COLOR; DIET; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; STOMACH;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARPODACUS; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41049087374     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.1980     Document Type: Article

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