Season-, sex-, and age-specific accumulation of plasma carotenoid pigments in free-ranging white-winged crossbills Loxia leucoptera

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-292

  Deviche, Pierre ^a   McGraw, Kevin J ^a   Underwood, Jared ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CAROTENOID; COLOR; FOOD; JUVENILE; METABOLISM; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT; PLASMA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AVES; HEXAPODA; LOXIA; LOXIA LEUCOPTERA;

EID: 44649143219     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.04164.x     Document Type: Article

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