Environmental constraints for plumage melanization in the northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 523-531

  Galván, Ismael ^a,b   Bijlsma, Rob G ^c   Negro, Juan J ^b   Jarén, Manuel ^d   Garrido Fernández, Juan ^d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEATHER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MELANIN; NESTLING; OXIDATION; RAPTOR; WILD POPULATION;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956766252     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.04998.x     Document Type: Article

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