Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) response and bill-hue wavelength increase with carotenoid supplementation in Diamond Firetails (Stagonopleura guttata)

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 344-351

  Stirnemann, Ingrid ^a   Johnston, Greg ^a,b   Rich, Brian ^b   Robertson, Jeremy ^a   Kleindorfer, Sonia ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Royal Zoological Society of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; FEATHER; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; PASSERINE; SIGNALING; WAVELENGTH;

AVES; STAGONOPLEURA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 72149131167     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU08069     Document Type: Article

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