Carotenoid-based plumage colouration is associated with blood parasite richness and stress protein levels in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 825-835

  del Cerro, Sara ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Martínez de la Puente, Josué ^a   Lobato, Elisa ^a   Ruiz de Castañeda, Rafael ^a   Rivero de Aguilar, Juan ^a   Martínez, Javier ^b   Morales, Judith ^c   Tomás, Gustavo ^d   Moreno, Juan ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bird; Health status; Heat shock proteins; Multiple infections; Yellow breast

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOINDICATOR; BODY CONDITION; CAROTENOID; COLOR; HEMOPARASITE; ORNAMENTATION; PARASITISM; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; PROTEIN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHER; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIRD DISEASES; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS;

EID: 77949775158     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1510-y     Document Type: Article

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