Carotenoids bolster immunity during moult in a wild songbird with sexually selected plumage coloration

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 560-572

  Mcgraw, Kevin J ^a   Nolan, Paul M ^a,b   Crino, Ondi L ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Citadel ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid pigmentation; Carpodacus mexicanus; House finch; Immunocompetence; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; DIET; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOLT; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; PASSERI;

EID: 79751493965     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01594.x     Document Type: Article

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