Does egg colouration reflect male condition in birds?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 469-477

  Martínez Padilla, Jesús ^a   Dixon, Heather ^a   Vergara, Pablo ^a,b   Pérez Rodríguez, Lorenzo ^b   Fargallo, Juan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egg colouration; Eurasian kestrel; Female phenotype; Food supplementation; Male condition

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY CONDITION; COLOR MORPH; COURTSHIP; EGG; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HATCHING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT; RAPTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; COLOR; CROSS BREEDING; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; TAIL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANKLE; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; COLOR; CROSSES, GENETIC; EGGS; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAIL; WING;

AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 77954457261     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0660-4     Document Type: Article

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