Carotenoid-rich mouth colors influence the conspicuousness of nestling birds

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 455-462

  Dugas, Matthew B ^a   Rosenthal, Gil G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas de Las Huastecas Aguazarca 16 de Septiembre   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Begging; Carotenoids; Detectability; Mouth color; Passer domesticus; Visual signaling

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT EFFECT; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 75549088476     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0861-z     Document Type: Article

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