Assessing the usefulness of ptilochronology in the study of melanin- and carotenoid-based ornaments in the Great Tit Parus major

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 397-401

  Matysioková, Beata ^a   Remeš, Vladimír ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Feather growth; Nutritional condition; Signalling

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEATHER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MELANIN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PASSERINE; SIGNALING;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 77952512316     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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