Positive carotenoid balance correlates with greater reproductive performance in a wild bird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Safran, Rebecca J ^a   McGraw, Kevin J ^b   Wilkins, Matthew R ^a   Hubbard, Joanna K ^a   Marling, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MELANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH; HIRUNDO RUSTICA ERYTHROGASTER; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEATHER; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NORTH AMERICA; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SWALLOW (BIRD); TIME;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA ERYTHROGASTER;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CAROTENOIDS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; MELANINS; NORTH AMERICA; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SWALLOWS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949681593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009420     Document Type: Article

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