Sex and age differences in reflectance and biochemistry of carotenoid-based colour variation in the great tit Parus major

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 758-765

  Isaksson, Caroline ^a   Ornborg, Jonas ^a   Prager, Maria ^a   Andersson, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Lutein; Sexual and age dimorphism; Spectral reflectance; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAROTENOID; COLOR MORPH; PASSERINE; PIGMENT; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 56649106268     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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