Physiological stress links parasites to carotenoid-based colour signals

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 643-650

  Mougeot, F ^a,b   Martinez padilla J ^c   Bortolotti, G R ^d   Webster, L M I ^c   Piertney, S B ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feather corticosterone; Nematode parasite; Red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus; Sexual selection; Signal evolution; Trade off; Trichostrongylus tenuis

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CAROTENOID; CORTICOSTERONE;

BODY MASS; CAROTENOID; COLOR; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEATHER; GAMEBIRD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORNAMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; FEATHER; GALLIFORMES; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTENOIDS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEATHERS; GALLIFORMES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; PIGMENTATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; TETRAONIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77749291987     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01926.x     Document Type: Article

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