Do feather-degrading bacteria affect sexually selected plumage color?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-128

  Shawkey, Matthew D ^a,b   Pillai, Shreekumar R ^c   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; House finch; Preen oil

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CAROTENOID; FEATHER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OIL; PARASITE; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLOR; FEATHER; FEMALE; FINCH; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; COLOR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; FINCHES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MALE; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 57849093483     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0462-0     Document Type: Article

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