Porphyrins and pheomelanins contribute to the reddish juvenal plumage of black-shouldered kites

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-299

  Negro, Juan J ^a   Bortolotti, Gary R ^b   Mateo, Rafael ^c   García, Isabel M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bird colouration; Camouflage; Coproporhyrin; Crypsis; Pigment; Porphyrin; Social signal

Indexed keywords

COPROPORPHYRIN; COPROPORPHYRIN III; EUMELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; PIGMENT; PORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLACK SHOULDERED KITE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELANUS CAERULEUS; FEATHER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ELANUS; ELANUS CAERULEUS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 67349201110     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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