Relationships between territory quality and carotenoid-based plumage colour, cell-mediated immune response, and body mass in great tit parus major nestlings

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-150

  Galván, Ismael ^a,b   Díaz, Leticia ^a   Sanz, Juan José ^a,c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Phenotypic plasticity; Plumage colour; T cell immune response; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREEDING SITE; CAROTENOID; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLUMAGE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VEGETATION TYPE; WAVELENGTH;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 77951008583     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164509X482722     Document Type: Article

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