Pheomelanin-based coloration and the ability to cope with variation in food supply and parasitism

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 548-556

  Piault, Romain ^a   Gasparini, Julien ^a,b   Bize, Pierre ^a,c   Jenni Eiermann, Susanne ^d   Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food availability; Genotype by environment interaction; Immune challenge; Nestlings; Pheomelanism; Tawny owl

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; BODY MASS; COLOR MORPH; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; LIPID; MELANISM; NESTLING; PARASITISM; PIGMENT; POLYMORPHISM; RAPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; OWL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MELANINS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PIGMENTATION; STRIGIFORMES;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 70349427175     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605374     Document Type: Article

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