Cross-fostering experiments to compare carotenoid- and melanin-based plumage traits and long-term parental effects in post-moulted great tits

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1235-1251

  Quesada, J ^a,b   Senar, J C ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Zoologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Great tit; Heritability; Melanins; Multiple signal hypothesis; Parus major

Indexed keywords

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 67849083585     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X420017     Document Type: Article

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