Proximate basis of the covariation between a melanin-based female ornament and offspring quality

Oecologia

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 668-675

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Female ornament; Fluctuating asymmetry; Genetic variation; Immunocompetence; Melanin

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MELANISM; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWITZERLAND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MELANINS; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRIGIFORMES; SWITZERLAND;

AVES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 4544345221     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1636-x     Document Type: Article

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