Testing the interactive effects of testosterone and parasites on carotenoid-based ornamentation in a wild bird

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 902-913

  Martinez Padilla J ^a   Mougeot, F ^b,c   Webster, L M I ^a   Perez Rodriguez L ^a,c,d   Piertney, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Honest signalling; Red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus; Sexual selection; Trichostrongylus tenuis

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; TESTOSTERONE;

CAROTENOID; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAMEBIRD; HONEST SIGNALING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ORNAMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTOSTERONE; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMB; GALLIFORMES; MALE; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; TELEMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; COMB AND WATTLES; ENGLAND; GALLIFORMES; MALE; NEMATODA; PIGMENTATION; TELEMETRY; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; TETRAONIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

EID: 77955158794     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01956.x     Document Type: Article

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