Circulating carotenoid concentrations are positively correlated with later clutch initiation in Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 315 A, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-110

  Heiss, Rebecca S ^a   Cohen, Alan A ^b   Bowman, Reed ^c   Boughton, Raoul K ^a,c   Bridge, Eli ^a,d   McGraw, Kevin J ^e   Schoech, Stephan J ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CAROTENOID; CORTICOSTERONE; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; URIC ACID; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 79951559092     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.654     Document Type: Article

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