Delayed plumage maturation correlates with testosterone levels in black redstart phoenicurus ochruros males

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Schwarzová, Lucie ^a   Fuchs, Roman ^a,b   Frynta, Daniel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Black Redstart; delayed plumage maturation; Phoenicurus ochruros; testosterone

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CORRELATION; FEATHER; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MATURATION; MOLT; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTOSTERONE;

PHOENICURUS OCHRUROS;

EID: 77955608254     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164510X516146     Document Type: Article

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