Geographical trends in the yolk carotenoid composition of the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-287

  Eeva, Tapio ^a   Ruuskanen, Suvi ^a   Salminen, Juha Pekka ^a   Belskii, Eugen ^b   Järvinen, Antero ^c   Kerimov, Anvar ^d   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a   Krams, Indrikis ^e   Moreno, Juan ^f   Morosinotto, Chiara ^a   Mänd, Raivo ^g   Orell, Markku ^h   Qvarnström, Anna ⁱ   Siitari, Heli ^j   Slater, Fred M ^k   Tilgar, Vallo ^g   Visser, Marcel E ^l   Winkel, Wolfgang ^m   Zang, Herwig ⁿ   Laaksonen, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^f MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^k CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^m INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

ⁿ NONE

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Author keywords

Egg antioxidants; Insectivorous birds; Lepidoptera larvae; Maternal effects; Tree phenology

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; DIET; EGG; EMBRYO; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INSECTIVORY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MATERNAL EFFECT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; EGG YOLK; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; BREEDING; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; EGG YOLK; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; LUTEIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SONGBIRDS; TREES; XANTHOPHYLLS;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 78651435234     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1772-4     Document Type: Article

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