Do museum specimens accurately represent wild birds? A case study of carotenoid, melanin, and structural colours in long-tailed manakins Chiroxiphia linearis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-156

  Doucet, Stéphanie M ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COLOR MORPH; MELANIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SKIN; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AVES; CHIROXIPHIA LINEARIS;

EID: 63049119368     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.03763.x     Document Type: Article

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