Melanin-based coloration covaries with ovary size in an age-specific manner in the barn owl

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1177-1184

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barn owl; Covariation; Eumelanin; Ovary; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

ADAPTATION; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; COLOR; ECOMORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNITY; MELANIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OWL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; COLOR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; MELANINS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRIGIFORMES; TESTIS;

AVES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 70349604405     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0579-9     Document Type: Article

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