Increased plumage darkness of female Shiny Cowbirds Molothrus bonariensis in the subtropics: An adaptation to bacterial degradation?

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Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 775-781

  Mahler, Bettina ^a   Lopez, Nancy I ^a   Di Giacomo, Alejandro G ^b   Reboreda, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Aves Argentinas/Asociacion Ornitologica del Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Bacteria; Feather degradation; Melanization; Molothrus bonariensis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; COLOR MORPH; MELANIN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLUMAGE; POLYMORPHISM; SELECTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ARGENTINA;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS;

EID: 77956607661     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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